Becoming A Video Game Quality Assurance Tester

Video game beta testing is one of the greatest careers in the world. Video game quality assurance testers get the opportunity to play new releases before they hit the shelves and review them for bugs and glitches in exchange for a pretty penny. At home video game testing certainly won't get you millions of dollars, but who cares when you earn it by playing games?! But what exactly is video game beta testing and how do you manage to get a job as a video game quality assurance tester? This article will give you a rundown of both of these subjects so you can get started in your video game tester career.

First, what is a video game quality assurance tester, and what do they do exactly? Well it's pretty straightfoward, a video game tester will test games before they are released so that the game company can determine whether or not there are glitches that will push back the release, and ultimately cost them money. Without testers, people would be playing glitch filled games every day of the week, and game companies would ultimately end up losing customers because their games would be considered glitchy all the time.

However, this isnt' the only job of video game quality assurance testers. On the contrary, video game beta testing involves more than just the technical aspects of gaming, but also the subjective aspects. That is to say, testers will often be able to make small creative changes through their input. This isn't anything you should get excited about if you're thinking of a video game tester career, by the way, but it is something that happens.

Speaking of thinking about a game testing career, make sure you realize a few things before jumping in:

1. The pay ain't great. Okay, so you do make $10-$15 per hour starting out, and you can ultimately move up to upt o $60-$80 per hour if you get a permanent position on a development team, but you should really love games because you'll work for every last penny.

2. Video game tester applications don't exist. That's right, you need to really be serious about hounding game companies for information. You won't get a job looking for a company that has "Now hiring" outside their windows with an apply inside poster. It just won't happen.

3. Don't be a video game play tester. That's a video game quality assurance tester who plays around isntead of getting the job done. If you get into the field, don't be one because you'll alienate people who take the job seriously. Don't get me wrong, if you work hard when it's time to work, but joke a little while testing that's fine, but don't get too involved in playing and keep track of your job.

Well, that's about all you need to know about all this video game testing stuff. Well, not all you need to know. For more information about finding and getting jobs as a video game quality assurance tester, visit this site where you can find resources that help people become a video game tester. Good luck, young Padawan!