Are you implying that eve is not a job?

Just applied for the QA job at Atlanta Georgia. http://www.ccpgames.com/en/jobs/job-details.aspx?jobid=466

Just got a auto rejection e-mail

CCP does QA?

All software companies does QA. QA is a very very important role because without it the game could have a lot more bugs, glitches, crashes, hacks, and so on. QA is the last line in manufacturing and software development before the stuff goes to the public. (The biggest reason why they are important is the sooner you find and fix the problem, the less money will come out of the companies pocket. I forgot if this was apart of my lean training, or six sigma.)

You need to adjust your sarcasm detector, or, whoever built it needed to do more QA.

You mention how getting a job is hard while not having a job because people think you are lazy, and even if you put on a nice suit with gold boots and a diamond helmet people just will keep trying to look under you and say... well you still have not job and look lazy... wow... impressive its like if they though about who you are not who you try to look to be
I dont know what jobs you tried to get, but you need to do something about THAT, people wont change for you and start taking more risk then they need to, YOU need to prove to them that you are not lazy, so get up of your ass out of these forums, and do some work for free, volunteer for community service allot, do boring and long grindy stuff for a week or two...

Then you come back to them and tell them you are still looking for a job, since you had nothing to do you did community work instead, that changes allot of how much lazy they think you are.... make sure to pic things that affect business's in a good way, like fairs and so on where some people market them selves....

This will get you a better job, if you are not whiling to do this then yes you are in fact lazy.

Yup, confirming that ISD volunteers aren't paid.

There are perks to the job of course, but you'll have to join to find out about that :)

It's also true that having a history in ISD is no bad thing when coming to try to get a job at CCP.

ISD isn't about the rewards though, other than the reward of knowing that you're helping your favorite game to run smoothly, and in my case being a part of our great community <3

I'd fix my building if the manager gave me tools and materials. But they want me to apply for a volunteer position and have 10 years of work experience just to plaster and paint some spots in the hall that they won't bother paying someone to fix.


However there are things you can do from where you are to keep yourself busy. Too bad the money you get for that is enough for internet and one meal a day. The longer you go without a job the less physically capable you'll be of even volunteering, as you slowly starve to death from lack of food. Then they'll call you lazy for not volunteering or not looking for work you can't do anymore.

- I care enough to not want to see the man behind the curtain and the strings because that would spoil my enjoyment of actually playing

Let me offer my own 2 isk and hopefully it helps:

I have a BA in Accounting & Finance (and a minor in philosophy.) I worked for 5 years as a stock broker. One day about 2 years ago I decided to quit my job for a variety of reasons.

Over those 2 years I did things similar to you.

But you know what the difference was?

I didn't tell anyone I was unemployed because I wasn't. I was self-employed. And it sounds like you are too.

Going forward, I suggest you tell your prospective employers the full truth.

Tell them that you are self employed. You do freelance work. You create video game guides, etc.

The point isn't how much you make, it's that you are doing SOMETHING.

And when they ask, just tell them....

It's not working as great as you would have hoped, so you've decided to re-enter your field (or whatever makes sense on the job application.)


Now, as far as working for CCP. I'd love if they'd have me.

Personally, I'll probably start with the CSM then ISD, and go from there. And I'd love to move to Iceland!

I didn't want to point the obvious out, but how is someone going to afford the gas money to do community things. Also, what if your area doesn't have anything for you to do. I'm thinking you're thinking the average city is USA is something slightly less than New York. In fact, the average city is far from that. The average city tends to have more people that live away from the actual city itself, and more in the outskirts. The average person in the average city tends to have a gun because it would take so long for the cops to show up. (Ironically I found the average city across the USA tends to have a few fire stations, and most cities don't even have cops because. If there is cops then there is 4 or 5 of them.) The average city is surrounded by farms. Some farms are over 50 acres. In fact, it's an automatic thing that when you run out to town you automatically spend between $5-$10 in gas in a 25mpg car. BTW that's why people say it's cheaper to buy things online.
From what I seen the average city tends to have virtually no community service. (Unless you like to be hit with a car going 60, you can't clean up the roads) The only thing I think you can regularly volunteer at is at a old folks home. (So I'm going to say on my next interview I can build rockets or planes because I volunteer at an old folks home? NO) (I've traveled a bit, and that's the average city. And that's pretty much where I live.)

Now there is companies out here. But none of them are hiring. Sadly my choices are as follows.

1. Hope the state can give me a job. (I've been barking up that tree for a while)
2. Have my site and hobbies become my full time job. (I've already been trying that.)
3. Hope a manufacturer opens up a good (not crap pay/work) job. (Again, if they did I would've already had something)
4. Hope I can find a remote job. (I can't find too many out there to start with)
5. Go back to school, and hope the market is better when I get out. (I will do this if I can't find something soon)

There is so many people in my area that an interviewer for a sheet metal company for an entry level QA job said over 80 thousand people applied to that ONE job. (The reason why I didn't get that job is it turns out they screwed up the job listing. I listed it as an entry level, when it should've been for someone that had 10 years of experience. They wanted a second in command of the plant and all QA.)
Now IDK if those 80 thousand were in this area. But, that's the numbers I'm fighting against.

but South Ga, 2 miles from FL line the heat and humidity sucks it felt like it was over 100F yesterday :(

Would it help if I told you it actually was over 100F where I live today? 109F, specifically?

(Unfortunately I don't have anything useful to contribute to help the OP. Sorry, man.)

i was in Phoenix today...112F at 7pm...ewww....

Try even 100F with 30+% humidity.

It's simply unbearable. Everything sticks.