D&D 5E Wizards is hiring a senior game designer for Dungeons & Dragons

[darjr]

Note they are also hiring for multiple editor positions!

 

[Vince_Snetterton]

Note they are also hiring for multiple editor positions!

I would like to know who was fired to create these openings, and why. Now, that information will never be disclosed.

 

[dave2008]

I truly wonder at the state of WOTC and their hiring practices/standards that they have to do an open call like this. What, precisely, is the management team at WOTC looking for in said senior designer? The fact they can't fill this position internally and choose a cattle call speaks volumes to me.

OK, I'll bite - what volumes is it speaking to you. It seems more likely that your interpretation of this announcement has more to do with you than the realities at WotC.

 

[MGibster]

I had a look at the full job requirements on the WOTC web page. They are all reasonable, and indeed "inclusive", if by that term one means anyone who has the skill set described has a shot at the job. The requirement "6+ years designing RPG products with significant credits on products from known publishers." will hugely limit the qualified applicants.

Yes it will limit the number of qualified applicants which is fine. This is for a senior level position at the largest RPG company in the industry working on the preeminent game in the RPG sphere and requiring six years of experience is entirely appropriate.

 

[dave2008]

For context, 42% of Americans over the age of 25 have a college degree. Having a college degree is something "regular folks" have all the time.

I am actually still surprised how low the number is. Though a great many more attend, but don't get a degree. When you get into masters and PHDs, the numbers get really low.

 

[BookTenTiger]

I would like to know who was fired to create these openings, and why. Now, that information will never be disclosed.

I mean, that's one interpretation. WotC is also doing financially well and putting out more materials, so it could be extra positions.

 

[darjr]

I would like to know who was fired to create these openings, and why. Now, that information will never be disclosed.

You can look up stuff like that for Wizards. Note, I haven't looked, but I haven't heard of any firings. There is a thing they are doing that is going to have a ton of new writing and design and editing required, I have heard.

 

[Parmandur]

I would like to know who was fired to create these openings, and why. Now, that information will never be disclosed.

Probably nobody, given the expansions of the game line going on.

 

[Jfdlsjfd]

Whomever had to choose senior X to manage both Junior A and B, who wanted the job of their former boss, departing senior Y, knows that it might be wiser to appoint X from outside than promote A over B or vice versa.

 

[MGibster]

I would like to know who was fired to create these openings, and why. Now, that information will never be disclosed.

Who says someone was fired? Sometimes a company might decide they need more of something and management will agree to increasing headcount.