How do people end up working jobs like video game producing for a company like Sony?
Many video game producers started off with game testing. Mike Giam Senior Producer is one of those people. He’s partially responsible for games like Twisted Metal and Jet Moto.
A game tester’s job is to test the game for every possible scenario you could think of. You just play an entire game from the inside out. This is not for everyone. You may not survive this job if you cannot play a game you hate for a month straight. If you can do that then you are fully capable of doing this game tester job.
The other way to break into the gaming industry is through the customer service department for companies like Sony or EA games.
Tim Bogenn, who works for Sony just discovered his job by accident! He was using a temporary agency because he was out of a job, and they asked him if he liked to play video games. Of course he was caught completely off guard by this and responded with an enthusiastic yes.
Tim then went on to a phone interview that was conducted for his would be video game job. After going through that interview Sony saw potential in Tim and they let him inside and started giving him some training. He ended up starting his job as a customer service representative.
As a customer service rep all you do is answer customer phone calls about PlayStation products such as warranty questions or hardware issues. Basically, when people have a question they dial the 800 number or whatever number is on the product, and that would be you answering the phone if you had this job. So you would answer questions about the PlayStation or whatever it was a person called about.
As a Sony employee, Tim knows what it takes to break into the video game industry. He says that the best place and most common place for future employees to start is through customer service like him or through the game testing department. Both are seemingly low paying jobs in the video game industry, but this is how you get inside. After which, you can advance to become a game designer, programmer, 3d animator, test manager, or any other job you are seeking with your company. So there is still hope for you if you want to make it big in video games.
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