MeepoTheMighty
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Trevalon Moonleirion said:
Mmmm...they make a damn fine sandwich. Tell me, is it company policy for the attractive female employees to flirt with the customers? Or am I just that much of a stud?
Do you admit to being a gamer?
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Mmmm...they make a damn fine sandwich. Tell me, is it company policy for the attractive female employees to flirt with the customers? Or am I just that much of a stud?
I don't have a hobbies section on my resume.
However, when I worked as an after-school program's site coordinator the students' gaming came up and I defended it to administrators and the advisory board by explaining that I gamed when I was their age and I gamed now.
I am not ashamed to be a gaming geek.
I will apologize for gaming and getting excited about new conflict resolution systems when someone apolgizes to me for golf pants. No...I probably wouldn't apologize...even then.
However, when I worked as an after-school program's site coordinator the students' gaming came up and I defended it to administrators and the advisory board by explaining that I gamed when I was their age and I gamed now.
I am not ashamed to be a gaming geek.
I will apologize for gaming and getting excited about new conflict resolution systems when someone apolgizes to me for golf pants. No...I probably wouldn't apologize...even then.
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i wear a clear, raw edged, 0 to 9, 0 to 9 d20 as a necklace.
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Short answer: yes.
Most of my players work with me on the same shift (weekend evenings), and although I don't mind telling people I play games, go to gaming conventions, play in life-sized Mechwarrior cockpits to blow up my friends, and like to paint minis, what I DO mind is when my players want to have a discussion about our game at work, on work time. [BTW, where I work, it is all about production numbers, if you stop to talk, it means you aren't doing work. I realize many jobs are more flexible than that, but I am competing directly with a technician in Malaysia who can do the same job for half the cost.]
I don't like that kind of distraction at work, and I don't want my boss to get the impression I would rather be gaming than at work. I often compare it to the people who always talk about football, or other sports, but even so, I feel that talk about gaming in general is seen as juvenile for grown-ups, and for that reason, my boss and others may look down on either gaming or myself as a result. During breaks, however, I'm happy to talk about gaming with my players whenever they bring it up. I've actually gathered a lot of first-time players from work.
Most of my players work with me on the same shift (weekend evenings), and although I don't mind telling people I play games, go to gaming conventions, play in life-sized Mechwarrior cockpits to blow up my friends, and like to paint minis, what I DO mind is when my players want to have a discussion about our game at work, on work time. [BTW, where I work, it is all about production numbers, if you stop to talk, it means you aren't doing work. I realize many jobs are more flexible than that, but I am competing directly with a technician in Malaysia who can do the same job for half the cost.]
I don't like that kind of distraction at work, and I don't want my boss to get the impression I would rather be gaming than at work. I often compare it to the people who always talk about football, or other sports, but even so, I feel that talk about gaming in general is seen as juvenile for grown-ups, and for that reason, my boss and others may look down on either gaming or myself as a result. During breaks, however, I'm happy to talk about gaming with my players whenever they bring it up. I've actually gathered a lot of first-time players from work.
Hmm no, not on a resume, but then again, I don't put that I like reading or watching movies either. It's irrelevant, unless you happen to be applying in the industry itself, and then it should be a no-brainer.
And although I really couldn't care less if people knows I game, I don't run around telling everyone about it either. I couldn't care less what their hobbies are, so I assume they don't want to know about mine either. But then again, I'm the type of guy who gets pissed when a stranger tells me "hello" on the street. I don't know you, and I don't want to. Leave me the heck alone. And, of course, because of that it never fails, all the lil old ladies want to talk to me. Geez.
And although I really couldn't care less if people knows I game, I don't run around telling everyone about it either. I couldn't care less what their hobbies are, so I assume they don't want to know about mine either. But then again, I'm the type of guy who gets pissed when a stranger tells me "hello" on the street. I don't know you, and I don't want to. Leave me the heck alone. And, of course, because of that it never fails, all the lil old ladies want to talk to me. Geez.
A really good friend of mine once put it into perspective, when she said... "it's easier to tell people that I am gay than it is to tell them that I am a gamer..."
Now at first I thought that was kind of extream but the more I thought about it it is true.... being a gamer tends to carry a negative stigma about it in most professional circles....
For instance, I work for new company. I needed to take time off for GenCon and so I turned in my paper work to the CIO and all was good. Two days ago I got asked where I was going on vacation.... I was stumped... do I lie and make something up? Do I tell them that I am going to hang with a bunch of games for a sleep deprived weekend of rolling dice and slaying monsters..... no... I opted for the generic... "I am attending a conference this weekend"
"What for?"
"Publishing..."
Kinda sad.... but I am in a position where opinion of me is important... and "gamer" is not a label I need.
Now at first I thought that was kind of extream but the more I thought about it it is true.... being a gamer tends to carry a negative stigma about it in most professional circles....
For instance, I work for new company. I needed to take time off for GenCon and so I turned in my paper work to the CIO and all was good. Two days ago I got asked where I was going on vacation.... I was stumped... do I lie and make something up? Do I tell them that I am going to hang with a bunch of games for a sleep deprived weekend of rolling dice and slaying monsters..... no... I opted for the generic... "I am attending a conference this weekend"
"What for?"
"Publishing..."
Kinda sad.... but I am in a position where opinion of me is important... and "gamer" is not a label I need.
Never, never, never admit it. Working in a corporate environment makes you realize that anything anyone knows about you can hurt you. And it would be just plain silly in any non-gaming-related or non-publishing occupation to list it. In some cases it's worse than putting your hobbies include making love to your wife. At least making love to your wife isn't EVIL.
When in a sufficiently private location with a sufficiently close friend, I say that I used to play. That way I feel kind of like I'm telling the truth since I did use to play (e.g., I was playing last weekend). And if they want to mention something about their gaming experience, maybe something can come of it.
When in a sufficiently private location with a sufficiently close friend, I say that I used to play. That way I feel kind of like I'm telling the truth since I did use to play (e.g., I was playing last weekend). And if they want to mention something about their gaming experience, maybe something can come of it.
I think I'm relatively "out" as a gamer, but I don't know that it comes up that often.
It's not on my curriculum vitae, just because there's really no point in listing my hobbies there.
When our lab wanted me to write a brief bio and personal description for their "New Doctor Hired" article last year, I listed off a bunch of hobbies. Then I showed it to my (gamer) wife, who pointed out that simply saying "Gaming" as a hobby would suggest gambling to most people, and changing it to "Role-playing games" would bring up visions of weird sexual kinks. So it got cut for space.
But I don't have any problems telling folks what I'm rushing off to do on Monday nights.
-- Pazu
It's not on my curriculum vitae, just because there's really no point in listing my hobbies there.
When our lab wanted me to write a brief bio and personal description for their "New Doctor Hired" article last year, I listed off a bunch of hobbies. Then I showed it to my (gamer) wife, who pointed out that simply saying "Gaming" as a hobby would suggest gambling to most people, and changing it to "Role-playing games" would bring up visions of weird sexual kinks. So it got cut for space.
But I don't have any problems telling folks what I'm rushing off to do on Monday nights.
-- Pazu
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