| Can you imagine doing what you love most and | | | | Here are a few things you need to know before |
| getting paid for it? By becoming a game tester, | | | | applying for this job: |
| you can do just that. It sounds like a dream job, | | | | * They won't hire you, if you are less than 18 |
| right? Well, not exactly! Sure working from home | | | | years old. |
| and setting up your own schedule can be great, | | | | * A college degree in computer science may help, |
| but this kind of job might get really tedious | | | | but is not a requirement. |
| because you may be asked to go through an | | | | * At first your salary won't be very high. |
| entire video game in a matter of weeks or days. | | | | Inexperienced testers can make $10-$20 per |
| This means testing every single character, map or | | | | hour. For professional testers things are quite |
| weapon and sending feedback to the company to | | | | different. They can earn up to $80 an hour. |
| report all the glitches and bugs you have found. | | | | * If you are a novice tester, it's almost impossible |
| Sometimes, the programmer may have added a | | | | to find a job at a big company like Blizzard, so |
| broken code to the game by accident and it will | | | | you may need to start working for smaller |
| be your responsibility to find this problem and | | | | companies at first. |
| report on it. You may have to put in some very | | | | * Don't expect to be provided with the necessary |
| long hours, because there usually is a deadline. For | | | | devices. You must already own the console that |
| these reasons, you simply must love gaming, for | | | | is required to play the games. |
| this to work. | | | | |