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When Gaming Trains You For Work

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the my-sims-prepare-me-to-rule-the-world dept.

ac514 writes "Parents should review their education before punishing their children. BBC wrote 'Video game skills and a good poker face online are becoming essential job qualifications in the financial markets, with recruitment drives assessing potential star traders in online gaming exams'. I knew some day these extra hours would pay off."

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  1. Hey... by krymsin01 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It worked for the Last Starfighter.

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    1. Re:Hey... by ScrewMaster · · Score: 2, Funny

      On the other hand ... he was the last Starfighter.

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  2. Poker by Qacker · · Score: 2, Funny

    Its easy as hell to keep a poker face online. Why do you need to train for that?

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  3. Hmm by n54 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Any job openings for first post? ;)

    But seriously, most finance traders are utter sleazeballs and assholes so the internet and multiplayer games should be good training for them.

    Maybe lawyers too? :)

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    1. Re:Hmm by mikewas · · Score: 2, Funny
      Lawyers? No!

      A few years ago, where I used to work, I noticed a secretary using the copy machine on our floor. She was from legal & their machine was broken. She was making copies of a 4 inch stack of email printouts.

      Her job was to print all of the emails her boss got, stamp them with a date, then make copies. One copy got filed, the other read by her lawyer boss. She'd then respond to emails per her boss's scribbles, file the annottated hardcopies, print the responses, time stamp & file them.

      I wonder how this guy would handle gaming online?

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  4. Gaming at work, gaming at home by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know I play Solitaire at both places

  5. I'm still wondering... by 88NoSoup4U88 · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'm still wondering why I didn't get through that last job interview though...

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    ... it might have been that I yelled 'OMFG, YO FREAKIN' CH34T0R!!!!!oneelevenone!" at the end of it...

  6. Based on the Traders I know... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The gold standard in training should involve proficiency in both GTA3 and Leisure Suit Larry.

  7. Whoa.... by FusionDragon2099 · · Score: 3, Funny

    With the experience Simcity's given me over 10 years, I should be a shoe-in for a real mayoring job! Where do I start?

  8. Cool! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just added my ladder rankings to my resume.

  9. Oh yeah, ought to work.... by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 3, Funny
    Co-worker: Hey Seth, the other development team managed to convince someone into giving them full access to some of our resources...
    Seth: Damn! Interceptors up front! FORM UP! Have assault frigates attack the flanks, keep a missile destroyer near the heavy cruisers in case bombers fly by! Protect the mothership! FOR HIGAARA!
    Co-worker: Once I find the idiot who hired you I'm going to strangle him...
    Seth: Shut up or I'll TK you.

    Somehow I doubt that will work...

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  10. Worked for me by Timesprout · · Score: 5, Funny

    The company where I now work were downsizing and I was hired because of my propensity to TK in team games.

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  11. Online real-time RFQ responses by mikewas · · Score: 3, Funny
    One of our customers setup an online site for vendors to bid on supplying them with telecommunications equipment. Vendors' equipment had previously been qualified froom a technical standpoint.

    You could change options like price, delivery & support. The app had algorithms that scored your bid against the rest. The points for technical capabilty were determined from previous trials & fixed.

    It was scheduled for 2 hours, with half hour extensions if there was a change by one of the top 3 in the last 5 minutes. The business would be split by the top 2 bidders -- we were trying for the #2 spot to maximize our revenue.

    At the end (after half a day of this game!) we were surprised to find we were in the #1 spot. The company that we had expected to come out on top, that had been for most of 12 hours, didn't get any business. We found out later that the guy at the keyboard had had a heart attack and they dropped to #4.

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  12. Work? Try "life."-Backwards. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Life sometimes throws us a curveball, and there's no way to really predict exactly what skillset might be useful at every point in time."

    I can read upside down and backwards.

    Of what life task will that help me.

  13. Yeah, you just have to remember not to... by mikefe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yell out...

    No bitch!

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