| If you're willing to put in some trial to contact | | | | yourself to learn all you can to move forward in |
| some video game companies, being a video game | | | | the video game industry. |
| tester is likely in your future. However, some | | | | The higher you climb the ladder as a tester the |
| people simply rely on their skills and don't realize | | | | better chances of getting deeper into the gaming |
| you'll need to do a little research to become a | | | | industry there are. Starting out as a video game |
| video game tester. A video game tester job | | | | tester will allow you to position yourself with |
| requires that you at least have video game | | | | experience and position yourself to learn from the |
| playing skills. Believe it or not some people just | | | | best in the industry. As a video game tester |
| cannot play video games, while others are | | | | there are many possibilities for you those that |
| amazing at them. Some people lack the | | | | have had at least 3 years experience earn over |
| motivation and many lack the proper hand eye | | | | $25,000 per year for those with over 6 years |
| coordination to play well. | | | | experience they can earn over $43,000 per year. |
| People choosing a career in the video game field | | | | When you include your video game testing |
| most likely start out as video game testers. The | | | | experience with the right college degree, you can |
| video game testers are giving new games that | | | | position yourself in testing management which has |
| are almost completed and need testing to identify | | | | unlimited potential. |
| flaws in the different versions of the games that | | | | Of course depending on your goals you can |
| will be available for sale. Not only do video game | | | | position yourself for other major professions in |
| testers play the games they also have to record | | | | the video game industry including programming, |
| what they find. For example, a video game tester | | | | developing, designing, art, and producing. Learning |
| may find a bug on a certain level of the game, to | | | | to become a video game tester will greatly help |
| describe the bug may take more than just a few | | | | you career in the future. Starting on your way to |
| words. A video game tester must examine in full | | | | success may be just as easy as having your skills |
| all the issue any certain game may have. Since so | | | | in playing video games and a little patience when |
| many gaming companies and consoles exist there | | | | you position yourself as a video game tester in |
| are numerous game tester jobs open. Video | | | | the video game industry. Without patience you |
| game testers may be required to play the same | | | | may become frustrated and feel that your career |
| game over and over, including certain sequences | | | | will never open up. However, simply waiting and |
| in the game just to get to a certain spot. This | | | | continuing to play and practice may help open the |
| can help fix flaws in a video game. All of this | | | | door for you. |
| testing is important in being able to position | | | | |