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Yanier "Niero" Gonzalez is Destructoid's founder and guy-in-the-helmet.After 2,000+ stories posted and years of starting trouble on the front page he's now busy behind the scenes building the future of Destructoid. His story is our motto: "Living The Dream".

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Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 16:33
Tubatic
There's opportunities on the East Coast also. Marylands got a healthy smattering of companies that seem to regularly need people. California is packed with opportunities, but don't knock the east side, folks. :)
Gangles's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 16:35
Gangles
This sounds like really good advice, thanks for live-blogging this Niero.
Arttemis's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 16:35
Arttemis
"Capcom creative director: When I get emails with links, I tend to click on them. Its just a click away, we do see that stuff."

Now, to link lots of tubgirl/lemon party/meat swing...
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 16:39
Sharpless
LOL @ passion.
Aurvant's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 16:40
Aurvant
Why can't the south have any gaming opportunities.....
bahss's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 16:41
bahss
That's it, I'm movin' to Cali.
Donkey_Kong's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 16:42
Donkey_Kong
I think http://www.digitalfuntown.com might be hiring creative people too, worth looking into
Gamechamp's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 16:50
Gamechamp
I just got on after mowing the lawn and read through the whole thing hoping to catch up... and the instant I catch up, it ends. Isn't that nice?
Luigi's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 16:51
Luigi
And it's over. That was pretty nice. And I agree with the douchebag Facebook profiles. And to go check Sloperama. It has a lot of great advices there.
Dr Milkdad's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 16:51
Dr Milkdad
Vancouver is big, has a shit load of opportunities to get into the industry. There are a lot more studios here than people think.
Aurvant's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 16:51
Aurvant
What if you've written books and have created enough material to actually base a game on but you don't have any "skillz" in programming? I suppose that doesn't count for anything?
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 17:00
Tubatic
@Aurvantoid

Maybe find some people interested in creating your vision, make a homebrew, start pimping it through all the channels (I think Luc Bernard did this?)

Also, find away to get in at a company doing something that isn't writing, just so you're in the right place to network.

Maybe . . . get a job at Destructoid? :D
TurboSpaz's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 17:00
TurboSpaz
PASSION!!!!!! HE'S GOT IT!
T-rav's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 17:13
T-rav
I would actually like to get a job as a journalist in the video game industry. What would you, Niero, recommend for a person that will soon be graduating high school and going into college?
Aurvant's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 17:24
Aurvant
@Tubatic - At Destructoid? Yeah, that would be awesome but I don't think they're hiring at the moment. I'd do it in a heartbeat though.

As for the other advice? that is the bane of my problem. I had a team (technically I still do since we are writing the sixth and final installment of our series) but each of us live in different parts of the continent. Two are canadian and the other three of us live in the US but nearly 800 miles apart. We've been trying to get a publisher going for a tabletop gaming approach, but I've been trying to steer us more towards digital medium instead of physical.

We did get half a game made using the old 16-bit RPGmaker utility that was circling a while back but life has a way to end up contraining everyone. Marriages, moves, etc etc etc.

Maybe I'll ask Luc how he did what he did and try and follow that example...or something.
adam wolf's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 17:30
adam wolf
@aurvantoid

there's a good amount of game development in atlanta and in research triangle or whatever.

my friends and i were able to come to atlanta and find great work pretty quick.
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 17:50
bleep
Didn't seem like there was enough PASSION
Vanilla Gorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 19:16
Vanilla Gorilla
I got my job because I had an aura of enthusiasm and passion (really is a key word) emanating from me during my interview. To quote my supervisor (after I was hired on) "You can teach skills, but you can't teach attitude."
zeroword's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 19:43
zeroword
I worked at an investment bank. 16 hour days ain't shit compared to what they do.
Unicorn's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 21:24
Unicorn
i'm trying to find a new job. i live in Arizona and want to try being a game tester so badly. i've heard the horror stories, but i want some cash. i'll give 100 hours+ worth of shitty game testing if it equals the billlzzzz
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2008 23:21
Niero
@ T-Rav: We've brought on writers from our community that write consistently, which is an example of knocking on our door even though we're not hiring at the moment. Passion goes a long way, its true! Do it long enough and people will take notice
StoneGold's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/29/2008 03:27
StoneGold
Just for the record, I was "THE MAN! PASSION!!!" AKA, the guy who passed out his resume. Which I was doing all day on Thursday as well. I'll be making callbacks on Wednesday. That's the other important thing - don't just meet people, try to create some kind of relationship with them. Ended up having a nice conversation with Francis Mao later on Sunday because he remembered me from the panel.
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