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Message: <blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 5258747" data-attributes="member: 25619">It might be  a different culture for interviewing (possibly because you and your friends were in different industries).  In the US, I wouldn't bring it up in a job interview just because I think personal life is irrelevant.  We're trained that way (if we've ever been on the interviewing side of the desk) because in America, it's (at least according to the training for interviewers) easy to get sued if you go off the straight and narrow of talking about the job.  As an interviewee, I also keep to "just the facts".I lived in the UK for 3 years (1 as a student, 2 as a worker).  As students, the UK folks I knew were more organized (university gamers club at a particular meeting spot) than the Americans (we founded a club, but we split up into people's rooms for actual games).  Wasn't secretive in either place.As a worker, I didn't game in the UK (starting doing it over email with US friends).  But every Tuesday, I did go into the Virgin Megastore in London with my English friend (who was checking out the new CD's) to look at any new RPG releases -- and together to check out the computer games.  So it wasn't exactly a secret at work.In my US job, I'm actually more open about it . . . but that might be because I've been there 10 years, and lots of people talk about computer gaming.  If your co-workers talk about WoW, talking about DnD is not so weird.But the US experience surely differs by region and industry.  I work in the software industry, within 20 miles of WOTC and Paizo . . . so, yes, gamers are accepted here!  But it's a stunning, incomprehensible large and diverse country . . .</blockquote>

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