Katerek
Iconic Gnoll
Many folks on here have asked me about my .sig and what the reference to being a professional game master actually means. I figured that rather than hijacking someone elses thread I would just post a brief explanation here and answer any other questions (if there are any).
About 7 months ago I was trolling around ENWorld and noticed a thread in the Gamers Seeking Gamers section labelled "Looking to hire a DM". I thought to myself "No Way" but I clicked on it any way and saw that it was legit. Not only that, but the folks looking to do the hiring were only minutes from my other job!
I contacted them, and sure enough, they were looking to hire someone on through their company to run a couple of employee games as a continual team building exercise! I applied for the position and sent them my professional and gaming resume. A few day's later I was interviewed. Let me tell you, that during all of this I was in a constant state of disbelief.
My first thoughts were that it was too good to be true or that it would just be a bunch of guys in their parents basement wanting to pool their cash each week. I couldn't have been more wrong. I think the truth of the situation finally hit me when Rian (my boss) informed me that they had selected me for the position and that I needed to come in to fill out some paperwork (Taxes and stuff like that).
At first it started out with me running a DnD game on Saturday afternoons and it wasn't long after that and they requested me to start running a Friday evening game as well. Time has gone by and some tastes have changed so now I run Star Wars d20 on Fridays and Call of Cthulhu d20 on Saturdays. The games are great, and I am really enjoying it. The extra money is nice of course, but I think my favorite part ahs been getting to meet these guys and make new friends.
One of them joined me on my annual journey to GenCon this year and it was a blast. It has truly been an amazing experience and at times I am still in shock over getting payed to do the one thing in life that I enjoy more than just about anything else.
If anyone has any other questions or anything of that sort, I am more than happy to answer them (although I will not discuss my pay).
Later.
About 7 months ago I was trolling around ENWorld and noticed a thread in the Gamers Seeking Gamers section labelled "Looking to hire a DM". I thought to myself "No Way" but I clicked on it any way and saw that it was legit. Not only that, but the folks looking to do the hiring were only minutes from my other job!
I contacted them, and sure enough, they were looking to hire someone on through their company to run a couple of employee games as a continual team building exercise! I applied for the position and sent them my professional and gaming resume. A few day's later I was interviewed. Let me tell you, that during all of this I was in a constant state of disbelief.
My first thoughts were that it was too good to be true or that it would just be a bunch of guys in their parents basement wanting to pool their cash each week. I couldn't have been more wrong. I think the truth of the situation finally hit me when Rian (my boss) informed me that they had selected me for the position and that I needed to come in to fill out some paperwork (Taxes and stuff like that).
At first it started out with me running a DnD game on Saturday afternoons and it wasn't long after that and they requested me to start running a Friday evening game as well. Time has gone by and some tastes have changed so now I run Star Wars d20 on Fridays and Call of Cthulhu d20 on Saturdays. The games are great, and I am really enjoying it. The extra money is nice of course, but I think my favorite part ahs been getting to meet these guys and make new friends.
One of them joined me on my annual journey to GenCon this year and it was a blast. It has truly been an amazing experience and at times I am still in shock over getting payed to do the one thing in life that I enjoy more than just about anything else.
If anyone has any other questions or anything of that sort, I am more than happy to answer them (although I will not discuss my pay).
Later.