So...about that white magitek mount

[StrejdaTom]

Funny how everyone on this forum works in IT department or as a game developer, producer or sociologist.

[Catwho]

Funny how everyone on this forum works in IT department or as a game developer, producer or sociologist.

I wish I worked on something as fun and exciting as game development. I work on medical software. I'm procrastinating working on a data flow diagram to describe how a JSON string is going to be sent from a medicine cabinet to our inventory system. :/

[Twilite]

Funny how everyone on this forum works in IT department or as a game developer, producer or sociologist.

Well if it makes you feel better, I currently work for a grocery chain and have been for the last 17 years. I have nothing to brag about school wise since I didn't enter college.

[szalkerous]

Funny how everyone on this forum works in IT department or as a game developer, producer or sociologist.

Is it that much of a shocker that a bunch of professional tech geeks play video games online?

Also, I'm a regular software engineer (who admittedly would love to work on game engines if the Boston area ever got a real game industry) so I guess I get a free pass :P

[TouchandFeel]

Funny how everyone on this forum works in IT department or as a game developer, producer or sociologist.

I've been on these forums for a while and this is not at all the trend I have seen.

First, I have not seen anyone else state they are or have been an actual game developer asides from me. I have seen a few people say they are in school for or are taking game development classes, but that is completely different than actually having worked in the industry.
There may have been some people that said this that I have missed but it is definitely not even close to a majority.

As for people working in IT, its not surprising considering that techie people are often drawn both to IT jobs and to video games. Also IT jobs are a huge subcategory of the modern job market with many subsets under it, so with how many people in general these days work in something that could be labelled as IT related, encountering these people will happen fairly often.

I haven't seen anyone say they are a sociologist, but I have seen people that were in college bring up doing a project or paper for a sociology class, often about gaming trends in certain societal groups. Again, taking a course in college does not equate to being a professional in the field.

Overall the two main general occupation groups that I have seen forum members mention being a part of are retail and IT, both of which are a pretty large portion of the job market so is to be expected for the most part.

P.S. If your comment was intended as facetious, well people acting as if they are authorities on such things on a video game forum, particularly a MMO, is par for the course.