What's going on with your life?

    Fuck employees!

    If you are strict with them, they moan. If you're kind with them, they do the fuck they want.

    Why can't people just do what they're told?! ?


    PS: Also thanks fucking IT managers that decide to block services like Steam and Uplay without any notice #firstworldproblems

    Thanks for the support guys. So far work have been pretty reasonable about the whole situation. It's not a huge surprise to me as work has become increasingly patchy and they're a small company, it's just massively frustrating given the timing.

    But if anyone knows of someone looking for a guy who is capable with web technologies, graphic design and first/second line IT support (preferably around London) it would be greatly appreciated if you could point me their way :)

    xxx

    Quote from jackophant

    Thanks for the support guys. So far work have been pretty reasonable about the whole situation. It's not a huge surprise to me as work has become increasingly patchy and they're a small company, it's just massively frustrating given the timing.

    But if anyone knows of someone looking for a guy who is capable with web technologies, graphic design and first/second line IT support (preferably around London) it would be greatly appreciated if you could point me their way

    xxx

    No problem. Try to stay positive.

    Depending on your rate, hit me up with a PM if you want a freelance gig. I don't have the time to setup my website (we talked about that before) so maybe I can sponsor you some :)

    The great marathon to find a job at the end of this final school year has begun...

    I'd like to ask the insiders a question about this: I'll be available for hire in July. I'd like to get a junior position in one of my target companies. I think I'm a good junior if I compare myself to my school colleagues and the juniors I met in previous companies, I can do the work. I have an 8 months Xp on a AAA mobile game project and 2 released games with several million players (plus other projects including the current creation of an hunting open world game). Concidering the taks and responsabilities I had on these projects, I think I've proved myself, I think I can apply to junior positions. But can I? 'cause I'm not even gratuated yet...

    So the real point is here: several companies will finish their internship recruitment program for this summer shortly. I should probably wait a bit if I want to apply to a true position starting in july. But I'm scared to miss the summer internship programs 'cause what if I'm wrong and I can't get a job? Should I apply to everything ? Maybe I should just simply get back to Eden Games once again.
    I'm confident about my skills but I'm not sure what I am in the eyes of a recruiter between a graduated guy and a junior designer.

    Some thoughts on this?

    Intern and junior are basically the same thing in terms of work, some might say a junior is a little more advanced, but looking at your list of experience you are far more qualified than most developers first "junior" job. Some developers have various perks to being an Intern (free lunch, paid apartment) so moving to a junior position puts you into the real world. You might know this already but it';s worth sharing.

    Hell, with your experience you might be able to apply for regular positions, and if you don't hit their mark they might offer you a junior. Just go for it, school means nothing for designers. If a great developer came knocking at your door now, I'd go for it, screw the "qualification" :v

    @TheOnlyDoubleF you are greatly skilled, don't doubt yourself! Like Chris says, I'd expect you to get a proper position already, so just apply for whatever, then they might offer a junior or… dunno if is realistic saying they could offer internship reading you're in school. But come July you'll have your degree no? So I don't see why they would do that.

    Definitely apply at the company you already worked! They know you so you have a head start (I would think).

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    I just signed a creditcontract for lineair algebra, statistics and philosophy in a university. These three courses are mandatory in all the scientific branches. The uncertainty if I could handle university has always lingered in my mind. So finally I'm going for it. If I can't handle it, I won't have regrets later in life. If I can handle it, I'll start full time education next year. This is the third time I go to school. We'll see if the saying "Third time's the charm." holds up.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SowxsXTTDo4

    Quote from TheOnlyDoubleF

    The great marathon to find a job at the end of this final school year has begun...

    I'd like to ask the insiders a question about this: I'll be available for hire in July. I'd like to get a junior position in one of my target companies. I think I'm a good junior if I compare myself to my school colleagues and the juniors I met in previous companies, I can do the work. I have an 8 months Xp on a AAA mobile game project and 2 released games with several million players (plus other projects including the current creation of an hunting open world game). Concidering the taks and responsabilities I had on these projects, I think I've proved myself, I think I can apply to junior positions. But can I? 'cause I'm not even gratuated yet...

    So the real point is here: several companies will finish their internship recruitment program for this summer shortly. I should probably wait a bit if I want to apply to a true position starting in july. But I'm scared to miss the summer internship programs 'cause what if I'm wrong and I can't get a job? Should I apply to everything ? Maybe I should just simply get back to Eden Games once again.
    I'm confident about my skills but I'm not sure what I am in the eyes of a recruiter between a graduated guy and a junior designer.

    Some thoughts on this?

    You're a game designer with great art ability, you've done team management and you have a mobile app with 3 million players. If I were interviewing you there's a very good chance I'd hire you right away.

    I think you are going to do very well in the future :)

    Split from my girlfriend of 9 years about a week ago (when I was on holiday in France- basically by text! - when someone says 'we need to talk when you get back, you're not going to like it' the implication is just the same as saying the actual phrase :lol:). We almost broke up before Christmas but we decided to try work through the communication issues.

    Not really heartbroken or anything, it's a bit lonely going back to an empty flat every night. I'm eating a lot of couscous.

    It just wasn't working the same anymore- we didn't connect anymore on all level other than the superficial. People change and if you don't react you'll end up distant. I've been clinically trying to work out where I want to live just now, splitting our belongings and paying off bills etc.

    I'd like to thank the people on here that I've spoken to and who have been helping me- if just by discussing. You know who you are.


    At the drive-in announced new music and a tour this week too. Got tickets to the dublin show- never been to dublin before. After an unexpected start I think 2016 is gonna be okay :)

    Got the highest grade in two courses in a row now and started going to the gym. My diet is working like a charm and my stomach feels better, but it will take weeks before I know for sure how my gut handles it. Soon I have caught up with school, so tired of being behind. But for the first time in months I feel like everything in life is moving forward, each day is a step forward.

    A mixed feeling of happy but also extremely stressed.

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    @Bodd Jonar i need to ditch some weigh, what diet you doing?

    Currently switched to paleo since I started working out. As long as I don't mix fast carbs and meat my stomach seems to handle it just fine. I'm not trying to lose weight, so I eat a lot of chicken with my sallad, and walnuts, fruits etc. I also "cheat" the diet by adding feta to my sallad, it just adds so much flavor.

    For my sallad today I will have cucumber, carrots, iceberg lettuce, chicken and feta, and after I usually eat a banana or an apple, and some walnuts. If you skip the walnuts you should be deficient in calories.

    Hello, hello, hello.

    Just wanted to keep you "up to date" about my internship, even if it isn't related to the game industry.

    Things have been fine since i've chosen the concepts for my drone design (which must be able to work on the ground, in the air and on water). I'm trying to adapt it for 3d printing, because we're going to buy one 3d printer and the mockup must be made with it (most of the parts). Si that's exciting, i hope it will be a great object in the end (with motors, captors, propeller, switchs, battery... Nice stuff :p).

    In terms of technical knowledge, they love my job, they are really glad to see this project finally moving forward like... A lot! So that's why they told me they wanted to hire me, and that 1 spot was open in the place i'm currently working at (a full time job i mean), but that there was already a colleague of mine trying to get the job. That annoyed me a lot because we're sort of friends. I asked the boss to speak with him during the week, i told him about the fact that i really like working here, about my future projects of trying to work on a videogame one day... And he told me they would hire both of us, that i'm hired to work as a mechanical engineer at the end of my internship and that he would like me to start a project with 3d or videogames involved, something they call "serious game". I don't really think i'll be ever able to work on a game here but that's an interesting idea :)

    Anyway, in any case i'm really glad to start my career here, as a mechanical design engineer first and then i'll see. Thanks for reading :)

    @leplubodeslapin you'll end up doing games I'm sure of that!

    It is becoming a vector of work in so many unexpected ways...

    People are developing games to fight autism, research labs are creating games on their own to test social hypothesis, and so on, so I'm sure you'll find the right place to do both games and mechanical engineering , and since you'll deserve it you'll get it soon enough :)

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