Moving to Chicago.

sinistergfx

This Friday will be my last day at EA Mythic.

And then I should be starting at EA Chicago on the 13th.

Chicago = awesome. Huzzah!

Soccerman18

Awsome, Chicago's a great place to be. Are you going to be in the city or in the suburbs around it?

rawkstar

so just curious, can you like request a transfer at EA to go work for any other studio they have if there's an opening? i mean pretty soon there's going to be EA studios everywhere so u would probably be able to travel quite a bit and not have to worry about always having a job. i dunno sounds like fun to me.

sinistergfx

Soccerman: Going to be living in the city, as close to the studio as possible (hoping to get in at a place that's 2 blocks away). It's just a bit north of the Sears tower, on the other side of the river.

Rockstar: It is a transfer. But it ends up working like a new job, you have to go through the whole interview process and all that fun stuff.

bearkub

Awesome sins. I may have to roll up Chi-town way and throw stink bombs at your apartment. =D

fogmann

Cool, Chicago must be a great place to live. I'm also leaving Virginia and moving to Orlando, and also hoping to get an apartment really close to the studio (Tiburon). Funny thing is I just got message from Mythic recruiter yesterday saying there could be some positions for me there, and when I tried so hard to get into Mythic, my portfolio wasn't up to the level. Oh well.. anyways, I hope that transfer between EA studios works, cause it would be nice to come back to VA as my family is still around here. And I'll miss winter.

And a related question: can you get to rent an apartment before going there to see it? I find it kind of painful to find an apartment. Some agencies don't want to rent an apartment before I see it in person.

Jeff Parrott

Congrats Sinister! Fun city. I hear nothing but great things about that studio.

McIlroy

BRRRRRRRR....Chicago in the winter ! Well hope you like it there be prepared for lots of toll booths !

sinistergfx

Not planning to do much driving at all. In fact, I plan on getting rid of my car.

TelekineticFrog

This is because I was coming there, right?...just kidding. Good luck though with the move and all.

j_bradford

Nice! I was there last week for the opening.. pretty cool looking place.

Daz

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so just curious, can you like request a transfer at EA to go work for any other studio they have if there's an opening? i mean pretty soon there's going to be EA studios everywhere so u would probably be able to travel quite a bit and not have to worry about always having a job. i dunno sounds like fun to me.

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It's possible in theory, but it doesn't quite work like that in practise. It isn't as simple as you make it potentially sound and all sorts of factors come into play. It's hardly something that's encouraged. But I did manage it from EA UK > EA CA. Like sinister says though, it's almost like starting a whole new job in how its handled.

Congrats Sinister, I missed an opportunity to move to Chicago a while back. Looks like a fun town for sure.

bearkub

Oh yah, and make sure to avoid Cabrini-Green. =]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabrini_Green%2C_Chicago

Fuse

congrats to you sinister ...

fogmann: good luck with tiburon, my friend works there as a programmer.

da_milkman

Yeah, they have some nice digs there. I went to the opening last week also. They really threw some money at the place. Congrats!

Lee3dee

congrats sinister! I heard chicago is nice and cold, compared to VA. Bring lots of winter clothing

Geezus

Well rock on sinister, movin' to Chicago. :]
A friend of mine lives in Chicago, he recommends this: http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/s...7&R=1015747

Have fun! :]

Xenobond

Good show! I hear Chicago is west of Virginia. That's always a good thing, right?

Yes.