Yea showing art is cool but personally I don't want to come over to your computer and I sure as hell don't want to bring up your AngleFire site at work. So if it were me I would ask if I could email you some stuff to look at whenever you get a chance. Generally I would rather play games with you or something and talk about…
I always found it difficult to talk to people in games companies, was so nervous when I first started, but now I don't tend to get nervous at all if I have to work in house. I was actually so nervous I couldn't eye contact anyone for ages, but I guess that comes with maturity and an some point you think fuck it , I don't…
Hah the responses in this thread. I for one love hanging out with testers, in my experience they're really good people, super willing to give feedback, they play a lot of games which I love since I try to keep up with a lot of games. I wouldn't worry about talking to other departments :) They're just nerds like you.…
It probably depends on the place a little bit. I went the QA route back in the day. I ended up having a good connection with some of the artists...who later on down the line were able to hook me up with a job. First time I broke the ice and talked to some dudes was when we were drunk as shit at a release party.....so yeah…
I just landed a job doing Technical Support so I'm in a similar situation as yourself. I'm trying to do the art side of things too, I just need to bide some time to get caught up on portfolio work. A friend of mine that works at a large company near where I live gave me some advice when I started to look for jobs: 01. Find…