You are about to learn how you can be paid to play online games and get started today with these 4 special tips!
Let's get one thing straight. You can get paid to play games online, but there are two ways to do it:
1. Play in card games and tournaments and win prizes
2. Test video games for game developers
Playing card games and winning prizes is pretty hard. It is not a safe way to get paid to play online games. Any site that tries to sell you a program like this is total scam.
This article is about #2: testing video games and getting paid as a quality assurance (QA) game tester. You are going to learn 4 special tips to find and get hired for these jobs---and how you can start looking today!
Also, the upward income of game testers who get paid to play online games is around $120 an hour. MMORPGs are a big deal. World of Warcraft has 8 million users. Shipping a game with bugs costs millions of dollars to recall and fix. Paying a professional game tester to play their game and find bugs saves them millions of dollars in costly recalls.
Tip 1: Look where the action is
Make a list of all the game developers you can (like Sega, Microsoft, EA, 2K sports etc) and bookmark their websites. Then, check them every few days and look for job postings. If you do this for a days or weeks, you should spot your first job opening soon enough. There are lots of games being made.
Tip 2: Find out who is responsible for hiring
Get the first and last name of the person in charge of hiring. You want to get to know this person on a semi-personal basis. Send him (or her) a personalized letter followed by a phone call. Remember you are there to test games. No education is required, but you must sell your ability to:
1. Communicate clearly
2. Spot details
3. Play for long hours
Tip 3: Offer to work for free
You can get paid to play online games. In fact you can make a good living testing video games. But you need to start somewhere. If you offer to work for free you will have an easier time getting hired for your first job, especially when you have no experience.
Do a good job and you will have a great addition for your resume. Plus you will have a great reference and a source for future work.
Tip 4: Stand out
Send them a unique letter. Mail an empty game case with a plastic bug in it. Put a note that says "Don't let your name game get ruined by bugs, give me a call..." That would make them remember you!
Now you know where to look, and how to get started. The only thing stopping you now is yourself. If you really want to get paid to play online games you will go out there and make it happen. Best of luck, and happy gaming.
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