Why SE should hire me

[Jyoeru]

Jyoeru if you are truly a Rice Alum and looking for a job... contact me. I know someone who graduated from Rice who runs a 1000 person company... +points if you're from Ohio, Nebraska or Texas.

No, I think I need to clarify that. My Religious Studies instructor holds her doctorate from Rice. I am from Dallas, live in Indiana, and other than managing credit unions and just now finishing my degree--for the sake of the ability to say I have one (because experience + degree > degree > nothing at all)--I am really not qualified to take on much. Thanks for trying to lookout for us little folk, though

[Hobo]

No, I think I need to clarify that. My Religious Studies instructor holds her doctorate from Rice. I am from Dallas, live in Indiana, and other than managing credit unions and just now finishing my degree--for the sake of the ability to say I have one (because experience + degree > degree > nothing at all)--I am really not qualified to take on much. Thanks for trying to lookout for us little folk, though

Very true. Once someone has a few years of work experience I rarely put much weight on what university they graduated from. Heck, I've even hired people that graduated from online colleges. Also try not to change jobs too often... if you hold too many jobs for less than a year it can become a red flag.

[Stryker]

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I'm honestly surprised that a PhD for such a field exists. I get it's religious studies, but religion and higher education usually only get along for so long...like Jesus and Judas.

But back to the OP. That is the worst attempt for finding a job as possible. When people get random degree's and then choose to go into a different field it's beyond me. If the field is somewhat related then that's fine. In this case I'm not sure what the OP is looking to do other than find a job. Become a contributor for a gaming website and then work your way up. But specialized companies only have so many slots for people with non-related majors than their industry.

But man people are brutally honest in this forum with regards to majors. I didn't want to bring up many of the points since it crushes the soul of a newly graduated unemployed individual. I was kinda hoping they'd see for themselves the suffering and despair of choosing an easy and common major.

[FF2GO]

Hey OP, was your post a joke because I am cracking up over here. All jokes aside, you need to establish yourself before claiming a company "should hire you." Unless you just chose to leave out your IMPORTANT accomplishments in your pseudo-resume here, you do not have a snowballs chance in hell of working for SE. Typically, major software companies want accomplished people, and they want accomplished people with experience in the gaming/art design/software developing industry, unless you wanna go PR, HR, or CSR..you don't do you? If so, why even work for a company like SE when you won't be in the spotlight. I say grow yourself a bit more in life, accomplish things, then beg for a job from SE, and maybe, just maybe they will take a gander at your forum based pseudo-resume.

[anceru]

First I thought you were being serious. Fortunately you werent. It was a fun read.

[Malamasala]

I used to dream of being that rogue community manager that talks to the community instead of just say that they can't say anything because of their silence policy.

It is ironic though that if you were the best community manager ever and talked to people on the forums, you'd probably be the fastest fired community manager as well because it is not appreciated if you communicate as a community manager.

[Begeta]

It's nice to see someone post something amusing without insulting anyone. Aside from a couple trolls who clearly didn't read any posts other than the OP, I found this thread entertaining. Thanks Jyo

[Jyoeru]

It's nice to see someone post something amusing without insulting anyone. Aside from a couple trolls who clearly didn't read any posts other than the OP, I found this thread entertaining. Thanks Jyo

Thanks! The only part of this post that is serious is the part where you can't win the lottery if you don't buy the ticket. Other than that, I kinda hoped that the hyperbolic voice in the background would demonstrate how not serious this post was. I clearly undersold the heck out of myself if I were really trying to do this. I did enjoy some of the trolls. Sometimes they add to the spice of life. Sometimes... they just give you heartburn.

[Hobo]

Thanks! The only part of this post that is serious is the part where you can't win the lottery if you don't buy the ticket. Other than that, I kinda hoped that the hyperbolic voice in the background would demonstrate how not serious this post was. I clearly undersold the heck out of myself if I were really trying to do this. I did enjoy some of the trolls. Sometimes they add to the spice of life. Sometimes... they just give you heartburn.

Jyoeru if you ever want another pair of eyes to look at your resume I'd be glad to help. (Only offering because the original post had me cracking up)

[Duelle]

I don't get it. The fun and random threads in WoW's general forums are along the lines of "rate the above person's transmog", genuinely funny declarations of whatever, the ocassional mentions of something relevant to the real world, and waffles.

What we get is attention-seeking trolls like the OP and people claiming the game is dying. What gives?