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BER · Posts: 3

First, let me briefly introduce myself. My name is Bernard, and I primarily research strategies for modern arcade shoot-em-ups (like Mushihimesama) and try to master these games. I hope to beat one of the high score records in the magazine Arcadia someday.

But right now, I am job hunting. The method I am using is Richard N. Bolles's Life-Changing Job-Hunt, which is described in his book What Color Is Your Parachute? And I need help with one of the exercises in his book. You've probably seen me post this in other forums, but I haven't received enough responses yet.

Consider my three most favorite skills (with my most favorite as #1):

Playing calmly
Problem solving methodically
Analyzing deliberately

What job title or jobs do these skills suggest to you? For ideas on job titles, please refer to the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

The next question is about career fields, but people tend to ignore the question or consider my skills when they suggest career fields. So I have placed the question in this separate thread:

http://forums.insertcredit.com/viewtopic.php?t=159

GrimSweeper · Posts: 530

One thing I learned about introducing myself to these forums is that asking them to do work for you is not going to get much answers. It's great that you are polite and took the time to write in sentences, but the problem is the forum as a whole doesn't know you.

Play around with these guys for a bit first, then try it again. That way we have a bit of a feel of what your abilities are (in relation to job/career). Or try a different avenue.

Anyways, welcome to the forums if somebody hasn't answered first.

BER · Posts: 3

GrimSweeper wrote:

Play around with these guys for a bit first, then try it again. That way we have a bit of a feel of what your abilities are (in relation to job/career). Or try a different avenue.

Anyways, welcome to the forums if somebody hasn't answered first.

Thanks for your concern. I've been stuck doing this exercise for almost two weeks, so I guess I'm getting impatient. I'll participate very soon.

Edit: Actually, I haven't found a topic that I'm interested in participating, so I'll quietly leave now.

Flackon · Posts: 163

Yo seem to be a very methodical person.

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

beepraying is a pretty useful site.

if anyone's interested in finding other people jobs, i'd certainly appreciate some help.

Ukyo · Posts: 99

A handbook isn't going to do anything but make a checklist of occupations for you.

I have a friend who is in love with that Halo 2 game. He's awful at it, last time we played, I won 50:2, but he kept asking to play again and again. And so we played again, and about the same thing happened, and he swore, and yet he asked to play again.

He loves that game even though he has no skills involved. So why should you merit what you want to do based on what you can already do? I mean if it's all about the money, then I guess you could go and rely on those skills, and become something, but why not just think of something that jumps out at you that says it could be enjoyable?

Hell think of a list of things that are, you can even make graphs about how well they match you, you could be methodical about it and everything.

I've never touched those self-help/life changing books because the whole thing just doesn't add up, you want to help yourself but you need a book written by someone else to do it?

Why don't you instead read a book on pirates, and see if it invokes a need to become a pirate from you? Or perhaps an accountant...Pirates isn't as great an occupation as it used to be, probably.

Pat the Great · Posts: 122

honestly, from your three most favorite skills, i'd have picked you to be one of those homeless guys who hang out in downtown areas, parks, cafes, etc. playing chess all day. give that one a shot.

shnozlak · Posts: 704

Id go with "lancer" or "ninja".

George · Posts: 1656

Ukyo wrote:

Why don't you instead read a book on pirates, and see if it invokes a need to become a pirate from you? Or perhaps an accountant...Pirates isn't as great an occupation as it used to be, probably.

On the contrary

ubik · Posts: 44

Yeah, I've needed a proper job for my entire life! I've had some cool ones that were fine with me, but they were all short-term or contracts, and of course very low-waged.

I'm great at writing, I can do articles on all kinds of shit, I can do research on all kinds of topics, have a huge amount of ideas for movies & videogames (the whole thing, not just 'it's a comedy about x and y' or something like that), can whip up digital art crap and animations easily, and if something is actually interesting and / or relevant then i'll probably already know about it.
I am also the master organiser, and i could easily take-on a real government type job and relocate funds to where they should actually be, and get the right kind of projects up and running, cause I know how it should be, so cunts can't give me shit about 'we can't do that'.

So, if anyone knows of real people looking for a real worker, then let me know, I'm also adept at psychic-technologies that aren't meant to really exist.

My ideal job would be test driving GTs and sports cars, all expenses paid, and I'm open to other vehicles, including sea and air. And - organic cannabis farming, organic grower - I'll take that very happily, especially if I got a caravan out of it in some peaceful quiet idyll.

Ukyo · Posts: 99

ubik wrote:

I'm great at writing, I can do articles on all kinds of shit, I can do research on all kinds of topics, have a huge amount of ideas for movies & videogames (the whole thing, not just 'it's a comedy about x and y' or something like that), can whip up digital art crap and animations easily, and if something is actually interesting and / or relevant then i'll probably already know about it.
I am also the master organiser, and i could easily take-on a real government type job and relocate funds to where they should actually be, and get the right kind of projects up and running, cause I know how it should be, so cunts can't give me shit about 'we can't do that'.

You just mentioned everyone who ever used a computer when they were in Elementary school, and kept at it.

ubik · Posts: 44

No - that is only about me, one person.

Hardly anyone can do any of that. I haven't seen a magazine for years, bar very few articles, that has any kind of style or standard or individuality at all.

Much art is shit - even what comes off degree courses has little imagination.

Most videogame big releases are rubbish thesedays, I wouldn't even bother with them at all.

Many movies are shite too - all that money and no style, all formulaic, I could do way better than that.

As to the organising thing - get real! If there were loads of folk that able, why are the UK govt. as much as thinking of spending anything, nevermind £6billion, on ID cards? Because - no-one who is anything like me works in those kinds of places.

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what I had come back here to post was,

imagine this was a normal reality, then there would be at least one regular STG magazine, and some of us could go work there. It would of course, never mention that word, except in hatred of it and all that it hath spazzed-up in the English-speaking videogame world.

Shapermc · Posts: 2450

BER! Long time no see. I left the shmups forum and stopped the gaming journal thing. I hope things have been going well for you. Not that I have anything to offer on this, but best of luck.

-Regards

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

ubik wrote:

Hardly anyone can do any of that. I haven't seen a magazine for years, bar very few articles, that has any kind of style or standard or individuality at all.

Much art is shit - even what comes off degree courses has little imagination.

Most videogame big releases are rubbish thesedays, I wouldn't even bother with them at all.

Many movies are shite too - all that money and no style, all formulaic, I could do way better than that.

As to the organising thing - get real! If there were loads of folk that able, why are the UK govt. as much as thinking of spending anything, nevermind £6billion, on ID cards? Because - no-one who is anything like me works in those kinds of places.

what?

dhex · Posts: 2963

it makes more sense if you're playing a rage against the machine song while you're reading it, d'geegers.

Amakusa · Posts: 28

Be a consultant. You make an obscene amount of cash to point out other peoples' mistakes.

FortNinety · Posts: 4591

dhex wrote:

it makes more sense if you're playing a rage against the machine song while you're reading it, d'geegers.

Actually what came to my mind is that while writing it, he was headbanging the whole time.

Zepyulos · Posts: 176

shnozlak wrote:

Id go with "lancer" or "ninja".

I'm currently a Red Mage but the pay is shit.

ubik · Posts: 44

pay no attention to ratty (even tho' that'll make them think e's the wizard) i am not evil-ecco real-machine hater,

that's his job too.

here it is again, don't understand what part doesn't make sense to you? do you live in your own palace?! in which case, you'd know you have no contact with reality.........so why 'what' me like it don't mean nuthing?!

"Hardly anyone can do any of that. I haven't seen a magazine for years, bar very few articles, that has any kind of style or standard or individuality at all.

Much art is shit - even what comes off degree courses has little imagination.

Most videogame big releases are rubbish thesedays, I wouldn't even bother with them at all.

Many movies are shite too - all that money and no style, all formulaic, I could do way better than that.

As to the organising thing - get real! If there were loads of folk that able, why are the UK govt. as much as thinking of spending anything, nevermind £6billion, on ID cards? Because - no-one who is anything like me works in those kinds of places."

dhex · Posts: 2963

very well...

if you're so talented, why haven't you done anything yet?

Mister Toups · Posts: 4943

ubik wrote:

I'm also adept at psychic-technologies that aren't meant to really exist.

Are you Dr. Octagon?

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

ubik wrote:

i am not evil-ecco real-machine hater,

whoa.

dhex · Posts: 2963

there's a horse in the hospital.

Mister Toups · Posts: 4943

Sclerosis of the eye!

Legal Step · Posts: 1030

TOKEN GAY ARMY DOOD!

Now gays are accepted so that probably wouldn't work.

ubik · Posts: 44

ratty, wtf are you talking about???

how the fuck do you know what i have done, and / or not done?

i've done way more of use than you could even imagine, i know that just going by that stoopid ass pm you sent me. you live in la-la land at best!

dhex · Posts: 2963

like what?

ubik · Posts: 44

To get back on topic,

someone here should know fine well how to direct talented people to getting employment in videogaming that interests them,

otherwise everyone is just a player for hobbies,

when I say 'here' I am meaning - videogame discussion places where many people hang out at, who have attitudes that suggest that they are, or know people who are, in 'the industry'.

Yet they never actually do, do they???

ok, most of the industry today is shit,

but that can change overnight back to normal again.

dhex · Posts: 2963

so you're so talented you can't even get your foot in the door?

that's pretty amazing.

ubik · Posts: 44

come on shithead,

you know this world is run by the false prince of darkness,

cause scum like you fucking suck it's cock every single day at least.

say bye-bye to your stinky infidel world, arse-race.

even if i wanted to work in the scum type of industry where you would need to do arsehole type things such as 'get your foot in the door' - and btw such phrases are the sole territory of the infidel slaveworker phoney adam-and-eve race only - i sure wouldn't be under the illusion that it ought to exist at all, in any way whatsoever

FortNinety · Posts: 4591

ubik wrote:

come on shithead,

you know this world is run by the false prince of darkness,

cause scum like you fucking suck it's cock every single day at least.

say bye-bye to your stinky infidel world, arse-race.

even if i wanted to work in the scum type of industry where you would need to do arsehole type things such as 'get your foot in the door' - and btw such phrases are the sole territory of the infidel slaveworker phoney adam-and-eve race only - i sure wouldn't be under the illusion that it ought to exist at all, in any way whatsoever

Dude, your shtick has already worn fairly thin.

dhex · Posts: 2963

are you kidding? if i keep this up he'll start quoting kenneth anger, and then it's countdown to sweater time.

hipkondo · Posts: 206

ubik wrote:

come on shithead,

you know this world is run by the false prince of darkness,

cause scum like you fucking suck it's cock every single day at least.

say bye-bye to your stinky infidel world, arse-race.

even if i wanted to work in the scum type of industry where you would need to do arsehole type things such as 'get your foot in the door' - and btw such phrases are the sole territory of the infidel slaveworker phoney adam-and-eve race only - i sure wouldn't be under the illusion that it ought to exist at all, in any way whatsoever

You're like that raving derelict that lives in bum town, pushing around his shopping cart filled with notebooks containing his manifestos, "revolutionary ideas," and conspiracy theories!

Legal Step · Posts: 1030

You don't know the half of it, I think this guy might be Zanno from hell.

S'up Hipkondo.

st1nky187 · Posts: 181

Just checking in to say "half man half shark."

My favorite job title is jizz-mopper. I'm trying not to use so many paranthesises(es.)

Mister Toups · Posts: 4943

ubik wrote:

come on shithead,

you know this world is run by the false prince of darkness,

cause scum like you fucking suck it's cock every single day at least.

say bye-bye to your stinky infidel world, arse-race.

even if i wanted to work in the scum type of industry where you would need to do arsehole type things such as 'get your foot in the door' - and btw such phrases are the sole territory of the infidel slaveworker phoney adam-and-eve race only - i sure wouldn't be under the illusion that it ought to exist at all, in any way whatsoever

So how do you feed, clothe, and shelter yourself then? Do you have a generous benefactor? Crash in your girlfriend's apartment? Or do you still live with your parents?

Last I checked it's hard to pay the rent without getting some metaphorical foot in some metaphorical door, somewhere.

FortNinety · Posts: 4591

st1nky187 wrote:

My favorite job title is jizz-mopper. I'm trying not to use so many paranthesises(es.)

Damn. I really wish my game was online.

hipkondo · Posts: 206

Legal Step wrote:

S'up Hipkondo.

Not much man. Hating videogames, and drinking too much. Too much. And then my friend goes and gets engaged...now I'm partying on Sunday too...