[tomxtr]

Don't let anyone whore you just because its your first job. If the company or their product is not well known, probably won't mean too much on a resume anyway. I'd think for that type of job a portfolio of some sort would be more meaningful.


Me...first job, delivering the Pacific Stars and Stripes after school when I was 12.

[Madmartagen]

did a bunch of oddities and traveling with the navy, worked in a warehouse for a year, worked at sony for a year, sold my soul for a data entry job for a school (about a year) and now im a telecom analyst/manager at an investment & loan company. im also a junior at CSUF

[Johnj]

I did yard work and had a paper route. My first real job was at Henry's Hamburgers. I made .85¢ per hour flipping burgers. Hamburgers were a dime and cheeseburgers were .15¢. On the 2nd Friday of the month hamburgers were 20 for a dollar. It was good money for a 15 year old kid in 1970.





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[Nyck]

Originally Posted by Johnj

I did yard work and had a paper route. My first real job was at Henry's Hamburgers. I made .85¢ per hour flipping burgers. Hamburgers were a dime and cheeseburgers were .15¢. On the 2nd Friday of the month hamburgers were 20 for a dollar. It was good money for a 15 year old kid in 1970.





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I remember back when I was in HS, Gas was 87 cents a gallon! ed: biggrin:

[Milla]

Originally Posted by Johnj

I did yard work and had a paper route. My first real job was at Henry's Hamburgers. I made .85¢ per hour flipping burgers. Hamburgers were a dime and cheeseburgers were .15¢. On the 2nd Friday of the month hamburgers were 20 for a dollar. It was good money for a 15 year old kid in 1970.





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omfg ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.85 cents an hour thats so ownage. and 20 burgers for a dollar. thats simpply amazing

[Short Hand]

lol... 25 dollers a map ? what a joke. That is highway robbery.

[c312]

[quote="Short Hand":b7625]lol... 25 dollers a map ? what a joke. That is highway robbery.[/quote:b7625]

[quote="Short Hand":b7625]A kid pissed all over the walls @ work, and wiped fecal matter all over the bowl, baby changer table, garbage can... paper towel dispenser...... I fail to see how this is that bad really. (Yes I had to clean it up)[/quote:b7625]

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[Forte]

[quote="Short Hand":b70d7]lol... 25 dollers a map ? what a joke. That is highway robbery.[/quote:b70d7]
I really dont care about the pay. If I stay on the project team and dont leave after I make a few maps (like most people do) I will get cut a larger percentage. The company itself doesnt have any income, as this is the first game they are going to put out. It has been 4 years in development, basically made in their spare time during their day jobs, and going to college.

[Short Hand]

Then this is not a job. It is a "hobby with poor benefits". One of my professors does 3D modeling for medical purposes and pulls in 3000 $ for a weeks worth of work. THAT is a job.

(Medical related crap makes up 80 % + of the 3D industry by the way.. SOMETHING you may want to look into.)

[jujumantb]

[quote=Forte]

Originally Posted by "Unknown_Sniper":ae22e

how long does it take ot make a map? do the math and if you are working for less than minimum wage leave the job.
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I am not leaving this job. I am doing it for experience in the industry. Over the short run, it is crap. But later on in life when I am being interviewed for a larger developer, previous experience in the industry is what will set me out from the others.[/quote:ae22e]
yeah... like the commercials that talk about exciting careers in the game development industry rolleyes:
there are no jobs there, do it for fun, or $25 per map... dont think you will make a career out of it.

[wintersforge]

i cant remember my first job..... oOo:

[Sgt>Stackem]

i had a huge paper route at about 10 but my first job was at a pet store shoveling shit at 12 years old, $0.50 an hour!!!!! It wasnt that bad, I liked all the animals and got to play with them so that made the day better

[tomxtr]

[quote="Short Hand":6459a]Then this is not a job. It is a "hobby with poor benefits". One of my professors does 3D modeling for medical purposes and pulls in 3000 $ for a weeks worth of work. THAT is a job.[/quote:6459a]

Yeah, I have to agree. You'd be better off working on Blackwater Mods or some shit. At least their stuff doesn't look like utter shit.

Originally Posted by Forte

I really dont care about the pay. If I stay on the project team and dont leave after I make a few maps (like most people do) I will get cut a larger percentage. The company itself doesnt have any income, as this is the first game they are going to put out. It has been 4 years in development, basically made in their spare time during their day jobs, and going to college.

A large % of 0 = 0. I don't think that a reference given by some dude in his dorm room is worth two shits. If you want to do it for fun, then do it. However, if you want job experience, then go intern at a real company.

[Nyck]

I would have to agree, call this a hobby, not a job . Lets say it takes you 25 hours of time to make one map...do the math

[quote="Napoleon Dynamite":c65d6] Thats like a DOLLAR an HOUR![/quote:c65d6]

which hardly qualifies as worth a damn

[Proteus]

Flooring company. It sucked.