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EA's Summer Interns Weigh In

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-that's-a-job dept.

MTV's games site has a piece looking at what it means to be a summer intern at EA. The article explores the experiences of three interns who did far more than fetching coffee. From the article: "Gwynne Olson-Wheeler ... showed some of her intern work in a cubicle that wasn't hers -- she was spending her final weeks of the summer working on a different floor, on EA's under-wraps 'Simpsons' game. Meeting with her there would give away too many secrets. So instead she zapped some graphics work she did earlier in the season for 'Sims 2 Pets' onto her iPod and plugged into a computer at a less-sensitive area. The room where she set up was darkened by dropped blinds, most of them dotted with spent ammunition from the floor's many Nerf gun battles. On the walls, signs addressed the staff of another under-wraps EA game: 'Welcome Sims 3 team.'"

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  1. far more than fetching coffee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    three interns who did far more than fetching coffee.


    Sounds suspiciously like a Clinton/Monica like internship.

  2. Weigh in? by grammar+fascist · · Score: 4, Funny

    EA's Summer Interns Weigh In ...at 300 pounds!

    Well, that's what I expected. It's not like they ever let you out for exercise, unless you consider the giant corporate hamster wheels.

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    I got my Linux laptop at System76.
  3. Re:hm. I wonder how many NDAs this broke by JonTurner · · Score: 4, Funny
    I was really happy to work on the intro video because it's the first thing that people are going to see" she said.
    Yeah, sure, if by "going to see" you mean "hit escape and skip."
  4. oblig. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    cataloging Michael Bolton albums?
    Why should I change my name? He's the one that sucks!
  5. The Real World: EA by lewp · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is the true story
    Of 137 students
    Picked to live in some cubicles for a summer
    And have their lives... what lives?

    To find out what happens
    When people stop being polite
    And...

    (the four who survived our reeducation facilities) ...start getting real

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    Game... blouses.
  6. Re:No Sweatshop? by Amouth · · Score: 2, Funny

    Alright guys.. i got the cat5... can someone lend me a rack and find his address....

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    '...if only "Jumping to a Conclusion" was an event in the Olympics.'
  7. in other words... a plea to programmers by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "We swear we're not teh evil anymore! Please come work here! ... Everyone floats down here woo ha ha ha!"

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