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Subject: Bungie Job Fair

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Once the Contract Recruiting Coordinator position is filled, will we see Bungie's presence at any job fairs?

I have sent my resume to careers@bungie.com a couple of times, but have never heard back from anyone. To be honest I don't blame them, I don't hold a degree, and I don't have any formal experience in the game industry. But I can read code like it's english, I have a visual-spatial acuity in the 90+ percentile, and I can come up with solutions that most never consider. These attributes are difficult to convey in a resume, but I feel they would be an asset to a game developer.

Would it not be beneficial to those who aspire to be a part of Bungie for you to hold a job fair or two? I would even travel to the great state of Washington to attend a job fair at UW. For some of us, being able to shake a hand and look someone in the eye it the only way to best represent our skill and devotion.

* I was just going to PM someone this,but....

  • 02.03.2012 7:40 PM PDT
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Not having a degree is a large handicap for getting a career. However, make a kick-patootie game. Make it popular, then apply based on experience instead.

  • 02.03.2012 7:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: Cranium Crater
Not having a degree is a large handicap for getting a career. However, make a kick-patootie game. Make it popular, then apply based on experience instead.
I second that motion.
Do it.

  • 02.03.2012 7:48 PM PDT

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Posted by: Cranium Crater
Not having a degree is a large handicap for getting a career. However, make a kick-patootie game. Make it popular, then apply based on experience instead.
That is currently the route I'm headed, but when I make a "kick-patootie" game, I won't need a job at Bungie.

I really want to work at Bungie so that I can work on a "Super Extra Dooper Kick-patootie Arse" game.

  • 02.03.2012 7:51 PM PDT

Not to offend anyone, but the sort of people that you would find at a job fair, are most likely not the people Bungie are looking for. Bungie wants the best of the best. Most of the people they they would take on as employees are people who are already in the industry in some manner and have something significant to show their worth.

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  • 02.03.2012 8:04 PM PDT

Key

If you're honest about this all, I would do the following:

A) If you can swing it, get at least a bachelor's degree. Having a degree, while perhaps less relevant when the incalculable element of skill comes into play, makes a huge difference to employers. It shows you've taken the initiative to, while you may be amazing at your practice, make the effort to apply your skills to higher learning and improve on them (even if its in a minor way).

B) Keep applying until you get an answer. And, without looking desperate (obviously), make it clear you'd be willing to move out to Washington for this all (as would probably be expected of an employee currently living out of state). Make it clear you're more dedicated than Jim Javascript who applies to Bungie because they like Halo games and took a beginners programming class in High School.

C) If you haven't already, get a portfolio of really mind-blowing (well, as mind-blowing as code can be? I guess? I'm not sure I'm not familiar with coding/programming/scripting in any way) material that you've put together. Make them believe you really are as fluent in code as you are in English. Exemplify your fluidity in coding, and your problem solving skills.

Turn Bungie into the party that is willing to go after you rather than you continually going after and chasing a job at Bungie.

Make them want you more than you want them. Become a possible asset; nay, a probable asset.

[Edited on 02.03.2012 9:00 PM PST]

  • 02.03.2012 8:53 PM PDT

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Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
If you're honest about this all, I would do the following....
That is some excellent advise! B and C I can do, but for A that can be a bit of a challenge. One thing I omitted was that I'm 35, and for me to get a degree this late in life may be a waste of time. By the time I graduated Humboldt State I'd be 39-40ish and hell thats over the hill. *Turns around to see if Death is stalking* At 40 I would only have 20 good years to offer.

[Edited on 02.03.2012 10:04 PM PST]

  • 02.03.2012 9:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
If you're honest about this all, I would do the following....
That is some execelent advise! B and C I can do, but for A that can be a bit of a challenge. One thing I omitted was that I'm 35, and for me to get a degree at the late in life may be a waste of time. By the time I graduated Humboldt State I'd be 39-40ish and hell thats over the hill. *Turns around to see if Death is stalking* At 40 I would only have 20 good years to offer.
Yeah, but you're still 122 years younger than Recon and Old Papa Rich.

In all honesty, from everything we've heard from Bungie, your portfolio/experience is/are going to be the most important factor/s in getting a job at Bungie. I would definitely work on building that up.

  • 02.03.2012 9:25 PM PDT

"At the end of this day one shall stand, one shall fall"

So, Death or Bungie?

So how old is Old Papa rich Foman?

  • 02.03.2012 9:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: Septagon7th
So how old is Old Papa rich Foman?

35+122............

  • 02.03.2012 9:42 PM PDT