Dream Job

I probably speak for most people here, but I think working for Giant Bomb has to absolutely be my dream job. Not necessarily just because of working with video games, but just the personalities on the site are fantastic. I wish I lived in CA instead of the east coast!

If you lived in California you'd be working at Giant Bomb?

If I lived there I would try my best to get on the staff.

I'd love to hang out with the duders, but I think it would be a miserable job. I suspect there's always a lot of job insecurity in the field and the pay probably seriously sucks (especially in the context of living in the Bay Area, which is even more ridiculously expensive than Portland).

What I *did* always think would be cool is if I could get them to rent me a desk in their office so I could come in and do *my* work (I telecommute, so it'd be an alternative to working out of my home for the last fifteen years) and hang out with them. Hell, I'd pay like $400/mo rent for a sizable desk somewhere. Especially if it was in the bar!

My dream job is Emperor of the Universe.

@ItsAJackal said:

I probably speak for most people here, but I think working for Giant Bomb has to absolutely be my dream job. Not necessarily just because of working with video games, but just the personalities on the site are fantastic. I wish I lived in CA instead of the east coast!

You probably don't. Don't talk that way.

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I wanna make games with Gabe Newell.

My dream job is to be a video game designer.

Or a really really rich person.

@Mr_Skeleton said:

My dream job is to be a video game designer.

Or a really really rich person.

Fortunately, I'm old enough that I don't have to day-dream about things I'd like to do, because there is no chance of ever doing them. The great thing about getting old is that you can just give up and decide that your big dream is just to have enough time to play an entire game of Civilization V and to hopefully retire before you die. :)

No way. They work way too hard.

I'd prefer a job where I just do jack shit all day.

@ItsAJackal said:

If I lived there I would try my best to get on the staff.

I'm pretty sure they have a casting couch and new-hires are expected to get on the staff.

Almost every job has highs, but every job has its lows. I have a job that on paper sounds like a lot of fun, but like anything else there are days of toil, days of frustration, days where you have to do things you just don't feel like doing. Attitude towards your job and the people you work with are a huge part of what makes your job great.

So yea, working at whiskey in general could be a lot of fun, but there it's probably not the most amazing thing ever.

Voice work in some form or another. Or something like assisting people in computer basics.

designing characters for zelda games

Batman

@Branthog said:

I'd love to hang out with the duders, but I think it would be a miserable job. I suspect there's always a lot of job insecurity in the field and the pay probably seriously sucks (especially in the context of living in the Bay Area, which is even more ridiculously expensive than Portland).

Oh, if I had the time to tell you how right you are. There are so many writers out there that have already established themselves over a decade or more that are out of a job, so they have such an advantage as it is. Job security is the biggest reason why I ended up giving up on it as a career path and kept it a hobby (or a Plan B; it is hard to let go).

Animator at Pixar, Insomniac, or Irrational Games. The dream limps on.

No, my dream job is to sit at home and get paid. Then whenever I want to do something, I have the money to do whatever it is I want to do. :)

well

i do something. and then someone gives me money for the time i spent doing the thing.

that's the dream at the moment. doesn't sound too difficult on paper

@GuyIncognito said:

My dream job is Emperor of the Universe.

Oh dang it ... I thought I was going to nab that job post without competition :/

Dispensary Owner.

Or Head Shop owner.