Want to Work for BarrysWorld?

[bigfoot]

Read here :
http://www.barrysworld.com/news/columns.asp?Author=14&Category=5

 

[old.Davehart]

Is it everyones dream to work for an online games company? Yep sure is but for many that dream is just a faint glint.

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Dave@drivez.freeserve.co.uk

 

[old.TUG]

So... is it a job that u can f**k about all day in?

It seems a kewl idea to get payed for playing games and being part of the gaming community though. Interesting!

Now, if you wanted to pay me for faffing about with pooter hardware I'd jump @ the chance, being the l33t expert that I am

 

[KM]

Dammit, i have all the right qualifications but no transport

Reckon BW would give me a travel allowance

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KillMachine
KillMachine@BarrysWorld.com
Sale Computer Systems Limited.

 

[stu]

What exactly is a "decent salary"?

 

[~YuckFou~]

fine question

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~YuckFou~

 

[old.fumig@tor]

there will never be anything to come out of this though ..false hope again !!

 

[Grimes]

"decent salary"?
...as in someone working from home, not if u had to get yourself to a "place of work"

Suppose the "internet connectivity" bit of the package would make up for the lower wages

 

[old.Out4Zero]

I'm a FAT bloke, can I be "THE" Cartman impersonator? Oh go on perleese...

 

[old.Davehart]

Decent Wage= enough money to buy stuff with and have money left over the purhcase spanky new hardware and games

Mind you, having not worked or put in a job before in my life, I would not know what a decent wage was anayway.

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Dave@drivez.freeserve.co.uk

 

[old.venturer01]

hi
i would love a job like this
but i bet it's harder then bif makes it look.
and answering all the daft (incoherent) e-mails must almost be a full time job.
lol


[This message has been edited by venturer01 (edited 20 July 2000).]

 

[old.QorbeQ]

Taking over? What? Did I read something wrong?

quote...

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Subject: WANTED

Decent column writer to replace me. Must be full of sweetness and light with not a bad word to say about anyone. Ever. Must have skills like ability to pull Slim`s hair.

Also...

Gaming organiser wanted etc..
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i.e. "Also" meaning "And as well as that..."

At least - I hope so

 

[TedTheDog]

"Decent salary" is relative, personally, I get paid the same as I used to in my old job at "an insurance company" and I'm a company director now.
But come on, we get paid for this.
I played about 10hrs of CS this week, on company time, cos I can
Its arguable that I'm paid to reply to this thread too

 

[bigfoot]

I think you should play 20hrs, if it means you manage to actually start killing people.

 

[stu]

So, in answer to my question... what is the package? That's usually a pretty important part of a job advert. Or isn't it a real job?

 

[bigfoot]

Soz Stu, knowing the million quid salary you were on i didn't think u would be interested ;p

The job has now been filled, i did reply to any private enquiries about salary but its not the kind of thing i like to go about publically saying as whoever gets the job will have to deal with people who didnt on a day to day basis, which is kind of unusual.

 

[*Exor*]

So, in other words, the salary was shite.

 

[old.Kez]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by *Exor*:
So, in other words, the salary was shite.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>ah, the wonders of reading a fair amount into nothing

 

[old.MrBenn]

Actually the salary was pretty good, if you'd applied privately to Bigfoot u would've found out, as u didn't u don't

 

[old.Comatosed]

Oh come on folks, let us know a 'ballpark figure' so Exor and Stu can boast about their oh so splendid earnings

Have you both got enourmous dicks as well btw?

[This message has been edited by Comatosed (edited 29 July 2000).]

 

[old.TUG]

They may well have, but their favourite place of residence for them is eachothers arse.

Innit

 

[old.Davehart]

Ball park fiqure eh?

could it be - average home run in yards (about 400) with a few zero's (about 2) on the end?

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Dave@drivez.freeserve.co.uk

 

[old.TUG]

What?????????? £750 a week for playing games? I doubt it

 

[stu]

Christ some of you are nobs.

Generally when there is a job advert they put a salary on there. It's not an unusual thing to ask. I have no intention of boasting - talking about your own salary is vulgar, and considering the potential IPO options in BW I'm sure Ted etc have far better renumeration than me.

And Comatosed, my penis is fairly large, but clearly doesn't compare to the one dangling from your forehead. I hear you're still carrying a torch for me - so sweet. It's flattering, really.

 

[old.TUG]

How much do u get a year Stu m8?

 

[old.Comatosed]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
I hear you're still carrying a torch for me - so sweet.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Depends on your definition of carrying a torch, which is?

 

[bigfoot]

Stu this is an unusual situation becoz whoever gets the job will end up having to deal with people they were dealing with *before* they got the job, which doesn't happen in all these faceless job adverts you see plastered across newspapers/job sites etc.

 

[stu]

Bif - fair point, and if the position is gone I guess it's all academic anyway. I'm currently "looking around" so I was just interested from a professional point of view. But yeah I can see how it would cause a conflict with some people.

TUG - read what I wrote in my last post.

Comatosed - well you still seem to have a hardon for me. You still go on about how you'd like to "smack me in" to people when I'm not even around. Which is amusing, as I've never actually spoken to you, and have had absolutely no contact with you in over 9 months. To be honest, I'd forgotten you'd even existed. I obviously made more of an impact on you than you did on me.

 

[old.TUG]

I don't think I'd be too bothered if you 'boasted' about what you earn per annum, so go on, lets see what wages you get a yr.

 

[old.Comatosed]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
You still go on about how you'd like to "smack me in" to people when I'm not even around.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Pretty accurate. Can't see how I'm supposed to say it when you are around, you've never been 'there'.