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Giantbomb Internship Program - open casting call

Hello there and welcome.  I'd like to tell you about an exciting opportunity for you, yes you!  Are you a self-starter?  Do you consume comic books, movies and video games even when you're on the toilet? Are you smart or awkward?  Do you want to intern at a web company with it's own bar?  Do you live in the San Francisco Bay Area?   Can you moooove to the San Francisco Bay Area on your own nickel?  Do you like... basements?
 
Here's the details.  Our internship program gives you an opportunity to see what it's like to run a website behind the scenes with industry professionals such as Jeff Gerstmann and Dave Snider and others.  When your internship is over we want you to grab your destiny by the horns and bareback that rodeo bull into the sunset.  That's right bub, this thing ends with you leaving to conquer the world.  
 
Internship Details:

  • $10/hour paid internship.
  • 3-6 month internships available.
  • Internship will not end in a full time job.
  • Work in a basement, attached to an actual underground speakeasy.  
 
Who you are: 
  • An over active member of Whiskey media
  • Excited, motivated, stable and fun
  • A US resident
  • 18 years old or more 
  • Lives in San Francisco Bay Area

PM me if you have what it takes.
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Turambar

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I am tempted.  So very, very tempted.
 
Edit: Hey Jeff, I can make you pork buns every day.  Now how much would you pay me to work there.

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Oh if only i wasn't English living in London. 
 
I'd work for FREE!

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Maybe this Summer.

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I'd love to! :D 
 
Thing is- I've got school coming up in Burbank, and I live in the Los Angeles area. :\ 
 
BUT- if I could somehow work for you guys remotely...  :)

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Good luck to whoever gets it, Sorry but I am not going to be an intern or the boy again, going back to nothing with over 7 years tin the distribution field, nah.  
 
Plus, I don't live in san fransisco or america for that matter so...there's that...

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sigh.  wish i could apply.  i'm stuck doing undergrad in buffalo, though.

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What if I'm not an overactive member of the community? Do I still count?

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cool that they are making an internship program. i am happy to know that. i actually have to find an internship somewhere but i live in east coast so i am not going to go there.

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I can do beer runs, just saying.

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Hey, if you guys decide to open an East coast office, i will help you move in. And fight bears.

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@Scooper said:
" @tofford said:
" I would seriously move from the UK to SF for a summer to be an intern. I would love to get involved in the real working of whisky sites. Guess I just need to wait for Giantbomb Uk to launch haha "
I'm actual working on the Whiskey UK launch. We're super pumped to get the product in the consumers' hands by the end of next fiscal year. "
We aren't talking about that right now.
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Darn, I have to wait two more years...

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hmm sounds like fun alright, i would move to san fran for this, although guy from dublin + bar in the workplace =  drunkin mess!

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I just threw my hat into the ring. Worth a shot. Would be a dream gig. 
 
On a side note why isn't this stickied? At the moment it's just free floating in the forum which means it could get buried.

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This sounds like a great opportunity for those pursuing a career in Journalism.  Actually, this would be a dream job.  But unfortunately, reality must supersede dreams sometimes.  Good luck to those who apply!

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Epic Steve deserves it

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Pssh Americans. One day, I'll start a Canadian GiantBomb, and it'll be such a polite work environment, except for Death Hockey Mondays, which will take full advantage of our free health care. AND we'll have Tim Hortons coffee everyday.

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@RenegadeSaint said:
" This sounds like a great opportunity for those pursuing a career in Journalism.  Actually, this would be a dream job.  But unfortunately, reality must supersede dreams sometimes.  Good luck to those who apply! "
According to that guy, it's not just for journalismos anymore.  They will play to your strengths and find something for you to do.
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@cooljammer00 said:

" @RenegadeSaint said:

" This sounds like a great opportunity for those pursuing a career in Journalism.  Actually, this would be a dream job.  But unfortunately, reality must supersede dreams sometimes.  Good luck to those who apply! "

According to that guy, it's not just for journalismos anymore.  They will play to your strengths and find something for you to do. "
Which, for me, is a good thing. I turned in my "application" yesterday and I have got my fingers crossed. While I enjoy journalism, I am not too experienced at it, but when it comes to video production and editing, I have been doing that a while. I love that they have opened this up on the forums, otherwise I might not have heard of it since I don't live in the area (but will be willing to move). 
 
...and I spent a lot of time healing Tested's Will Smith in Team Fortress 2 this evening, maybe that will count for something :-)
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@Svestus said:
" @cooljammer00 said:

" @RenegadeSaint said:

" This sounds like a great opportunity for those pursuing a career in Journalism.  Actually, this would be a dream job.  But unfortunately, reality must supersede dreams sometimes.  Good luck to those who apply! "

According to that guy, it's not just for journalismos anymore.  They will play to your strengths and find something for you to do. "
Which, for me, is a good thing. I turned in my "application" yesterday and I have got my fingers crossed. While I enjoy journalism, I am not too experienced at it, but when it comes to video production and editing, I have been doing that a while. I love that they have opened this up on the forums, otherwise I might not have heard of it since I don't live in the area (but will be willing to move).  ...and I spent a lot of time healing Tested's Will Smith in Team Fortress 2 this evening, maybe that will count for something :-) "
Are we PMing resumes or something?  Hmm, hopefully this will become a thing for years to come so I can go to school and learn some skills before applying.
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@cooljammer00: I am not sure, the original post was nonspecific. I just PM'd a brief casual message. I listed my strengths, why I think I would make a good intern, and stuff like that. In lieu of a proper resume, I just talked as if I was asked some general questions in an interview.
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This would be amazingly awesome if I didn't go to school in Irvine. Come this time next year, if you have internships, I'll be there.

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If only I lived less than the half a day's drive from the Bay Area that I currently do and wasn't going back to school, I'd love to be an intern. 
Oh well, maybe in a couple of years.

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Damn, I knew not living in the US would come to be a major disadvantage someday! 
 
Ah well, will be nice to see some more interns around.

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Yo, I need a real job.  Also, I live in NJ.

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I'm those things!

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Welp, back to looking for a "real job" then, or maybe if I wish real hard then Whiskey Media will open up a separate branch in the greater DC area.

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Well since your highest priority is to open several offices in the Middle East, sure i'll apply :)

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Oy. I went to school for journalism and am super interested in games and movies (and collected comics when I was a kid and still have a passing appreciation!). Unfortunately at the old age of 25 I've got a job, family, and mortgage payment that require my attention. Why couldn't GiantBomb have existed the summer of 04 or 05?!?!

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I won't be able to be an intern this coming summer, or the one after that but I really want to when I can. Is there anyway I could know what I should study up on or get better at?

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@ethan: I would love nothing more than to do this, but I live in the goddamn Poconos. Is GB opening a Eastern Pennsylvania office any time soon? Yes? Great! ):
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if only i lived in the SF area bay...

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Let's say we apply and get accepted. When does the internship go into effect? 
 
Or rather, when would we have to pack up and bail for San Fran?

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My High School is kicking the Junior class and I out for the entire month of January for us to go work at internships and get something out of it and help us decide what we want to do in college, make connections with people, and just give us perspective on what a full time job is like. I was really hoping I could intern at the Whiskey Media offices because I would like to do a job that involves covering video game news, or any sort of geek news actually There are some benefits of having a high school intern as well, I can basically work for free on full work hours but it's up to you to choose whether to pay me or not  ;) and you all would be mentoring me, giving me advice on how to, I don't know, how to get started in your industry. 
So yeah, if you guys are still interested, contact me in a PM and I'll give you my school's contacts and they'll let you know how to get started.
   
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I am none of those things.

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I am all of these things minus the ability to move cross country 
Fail

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10 bucks an hour!!  
getting paid 25 cents less than minimum wage in ontario would be so worth it to work for whiskey media. curse you whiskey media and your desire to live in San Fransisco area. 
 
Alright, alright I give in. I'll do a teleconference internship in exchange for referring to San Fransisco as San FranDisco from now on

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Applied. 
 
Here's hoping I hear back, huh?

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If i was over active here and lived in the SF area i would do it for free just to get close to drew 

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  "stable" 
 
Over 98% of the community just eliminated.

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Good luck to everyone! I am not moving to the bay area but I am taking my first steps towards web development/design and this would be an incredible thing to do. I look forward to the interns coming and going and hopefully seeing some of their influence.

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Is the internship available over the summer? As a college student going to school in PA, interning during the year would not be possible. I would however be willing to live in San Francisco during the summer for this.

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Guys, I said that I applied. I think that's all your guys' cue to back off and either withhold your applications or to humbly withdraw them.  I don't want to have this talk again. 
 
Thanks

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Sent! I will take Spring if that is possible! Sacramento and the Bay are not that far from each other but I will stay there if I get accepted.

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It's been my life's dream to get Ryan a sandwich.  But I live in Canada.  And don't know anyone in SF.  :(

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Hi Ethan! I sent you a PM with all the required details. I cannot stress enough to you how much I want this :)  
 
By the way, be sure to respond to my email instead.