Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Nick Ferguson Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Story of job search Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:18:23 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 35 Message-ID: <35CF0F3F.7B1C@saqnet.co.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: atl4-035.publab.ed.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.03 (Win95; I) Jeff Hannan wrote: > > Hi, > > I have spent the last couple of months looking for a job in the games > industry. I have written the story of this search and put it on my site. > > http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~jmhannan/ftp/jobstory.txt > > I hope those of you who are thinking of trying to get into the industry > will find it useful. I haven't gone as far as to tell you the questions > asked by particular companies, but I've given a general idea of what to > expect. Thanks Jeff - it was really interesting! Now I'm totally freaked out by the idea of an interview, although it's good to see the different tactics different companies use; I *wish* I knew which interview was for each company..! It seems to me that getting NY stuff to work on a dev. system isn't as easy as it might be - I haven't tried myself (durrr), but I guess James' FAQ covers most stuff... - still, it's all the more reason to try and get your demo on one of Sony's black PS discs! Interesting that you applied to Rare and they were swift to reply. Was this a "please go away"-type reply or did they offer you an interview or recommend an agency? Only asking because working for Rare would be a dream come true for me and *any* info would be appreciated :-) Thanks for taking the time to write that up! If you do decide to go for the job you were offered, be sure to write up your experience of starting professional games development in a few months time (aah, if only I could put something like that in my diary)! I think all the members would love that. Cheers, Nick F