Oh my god...this isn't supposed to be happening

[Marc Summers]

OK so I was cruising my school's job listings. Just for the hell of it. Then I saw one that seemed kinda interesting. A scenario builder for Star Trek: Tactical Assault. Skills required were to know MS Excel and have strong logical skills. What surprised me the most was that there was no programming language I needed to know in order to get the job. I do know the "big 3" (C/C++/Java) plus some others, but DAAAAAAMN. So I applied. I don't care how obscure this game will be (maybe not, who knows), I'm still literally trembling from excitement after I received a call an hour ago telling me that I'll be working on a game that will be coming out for PSP and DS.



Holy shit.

[Terra]

Congraulations Marc!

I'll bet it had something to do with that really cool avatar of yours.

[maggiekarp]

This belongs in the "All My Dreams Have Come True" forum

Congratulations!

[xbxDaniel]

I thought you had lost a baby or something when I read the title.

Congrats though Marc, best of luck.

[Johnny Couth]

That's pretty nifty.

[Mockery]

I'm tellin' ya, I-Mockery forums are a breeding ground for people who go on to work on video games. The question is whether or not we'll ever hear from Marc again now.

Congrats Marc.

[Supafly345]

Marc and Buffalo are lovers?

[Marc Summers]

Thanks guys :D

1st day of work is Foo-rye-day and is also when I negotiate pay

[Johnny Couth]

Ask if they can pay you in special edition DVDs.

[EliteRangerC]

Man, congrats on the job! Consider yourself lucky, there aren't many opportunities like that anywhere, especially where I live.

Hope to see updates from ya!

[Esuohlim]

I hope your name appears as "Marc Summers" in the game end credits.

[ArrowX]

ya Make sure thats what they credit you as.

[EisigerBiskuit]

Be sure to be credited that way, like they said.

[Staxeon]

Also attach your avatar to all business related emails and memos. They love that shit.

Also, on your second week, take it upon yourself to make Fridays Hawaiian shirt Friday. Just start wearing them, when people ask start a rumor that you heard it from another guy, see who follows suit. This will help you weed out who the truly cool people are.

[Dole]

Make sure to ask when you get to officially join starfleet, and 'what is Captain Picard really like?' when you get there.

Nice one, sounds like a gooooood job.

[ItalianStereotype]

try to get the picard song added as at least an unlockable :<

[Zomboid]

Originally Posted by StupidKraut

ya Make sure thats what they credit you as.

GOOD CONTRIBUTION!

[Fathom Zero]

Damn you and your good fortune.
I kid, man. It's amazing when you see someone get something amazing.

But, alas, most video games are not made in Oklahoma. I have made them, B-Movies, and File-Sharing popular in Lawton, though, but it is a small victory over the many who wear the rebel flag as a bumper sticker.

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[Marc Summers]

OK so I just got back today and it was just sort of a broad overview of why they needed me and what I'll be doing...

Then they said that next week they'll evaluate how fast I can learn all this stuff and make a decision on whether or not they will end up keeping me, but they also said it's not that hard to learn, which kinda takes a little bit of the nervousness off :/

[AChimp]

Tell us about the money.

[Chojin]

WACKY SUGGESTION

HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS

SILENT HATE

Dress up like data and throw them effortlessly around the office to assert your dominance.

[ItalianStereotype]

or dress up as deanna troi and stare longingly at your co-workers then slut it up with the ugliest one.

[Marc Summers]

I'm starting at 9/hr, then 10 after a month, then 11 after another month :/

And my interviewer was so cynical, he called me a sadist for telling him that I liked AI (understandable if I was talking about the movie), and then he laughed when he read whatever bs I wrote for long term career goals.

What else...it's a tacky office, with every single little figurine you can imagine decorating every square inch of available shelf/desk space. There are entire game systems just laying around, and the PSP/DS devkits are hideous grey boxes about half the size of a normal computer with funky attachments. And there was this one woman who said "I have to take his brain, and put it into spreadsheets!" an laughed as if she was starting to lose it.

[ArrowX]

Congrats Mr. Summers

[Chojin]

HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME