| Do video game tester jobs really pay that well is | | | | about a job where you get paid to play video |
| a burning question on many job searcher's minds. | | | | games is the length of steady employment. The |
| If you have spent any length of time looking for | | | | fact about most entry level game testing jobs is |
| jobs, full or part-time on the Internet, most likely | | | | that they are limited duration. This means that |
| you have seen or read about game testers | | | | once the testing phase is over for the game you |
| earning hundreds of dollars per day, at home, | | | | are working on; it is sent to market or scrapped |
| simply game testing. Can this really be true or is it | | | | due to too many problems, your employment is |
| just a bunch of half-truths and advertising hype? | | | | over. Think of it like being a fruit picker. Once the |
| If you are in the process of searching for a new | | | | fruit season ends, so does your job. If you are |
| job, or looking for a way of earning additional | | | | lucky and have been a good worker, you may be |
| income, at some point you want to know just | | | | put on another game testing project, however |
| how much money video game tester jobs pay. | | | | gaming companies often hire lots of extra testers |
| To put it another way "show me the money"! | | | | at the last minute, just to get the product finished |
| Sadly, few if any game testing jobs pay you | | | | in time to meet their marketing deadline. |
| hundreds of dollars per day to sit at home and | | | | A final consideration are job benefits. Like most |
| play. In reality, most surveys taken concerning | | | | other careers, if you are not a full-time, |
| video game testers jobs report that the average | | | | permanent employee of the company or |
| earning is in the range of $8 to $15 per hour (in | | | | business, job benefits such as medical and health |
| the United States). Obviously this wage will vary if | | | | coverage are not provided until you are hired on |
| you live elsewhere in the world; most likely you | | | | full-time. |
| will earn even less depending on your local | | | | So to conclude, are video game tester jobs really |
| minimum wage regulations. | | | | that great? Probably not for someone who is |
| Still the concept of making $8 to $15 per hour | | | | looking to make a career as a games tester |
| (more or less depending on your location) may still | | | | simply due to the low pay, lack of job security, |
| be appealing if you can work from home. Once | | | | and few company benefits. If however you are |
| again, this is idea of being a game tester at home, | | | | just looking to earn some extra spending money |
| is generally wishful thinking and happens only | | | | for doing something that you enjoy, such as |
| rarely. (Unless your dad or mom owns the | | | | playing video games, then a video game tester |
| company!) Most paid games testing jobs require | | | | job may be a reasonable job to pursue. |
| you to work on-site at the game developers' | | | | At the risk of contradicting myself, it must be |
| testing facility. This is not surprising given the high | | | | noted that there most certainly are people who |
| security that surrounds the testing of new gaming | | | | start as entry level game testers and will over |
| products in a very competitive, multimillion dollar | | | | time work themselves into better paying positions |
| marketplace. As a games tester you will most | | | | that come with experience and quality job |
| likely have to sign a legal document stating that | | | | performance. So, yes, some people may use their |
| you will not discuss or publish any information | | | | video game tester jobs as a stepping stone into |
| about the game you are involved in testing or | | | | the gaming industry and in the end start to earn a |
| face the prospect of instant firing and possible | | | | good salary and benefits that come with |
| criminal charges. | | | | management positions within the gaming |
| Yet another consideration if you are really serious | | | | company. |