WoW is looking for an Oracle DB Administrator

You people looking to getting into the gaming industry, here's your chance.
http://www.blizzard.com/jobopp/oracl...

Oracle Database Administrator

The World of Warcraft development team is looking for a self-motivated and knowledgeable IT professional to help administer the WoW databases. As the person responsible for handling the database-side of WoW pushes and patches, our Live Team Oracle DBA's job duties would include designing, configuring, maintaining, monitoring, benchmarking and troubleshooting Oracle databases.

I know I wouldn't want this job, though. Ok, actually I would, but can you imagine the stress, late nights, and aggrevation?

"When are you going to have it fixed?! I'm tired of them complaining about their naked characters!!!!"

Ya, that''s one of those where your initial reaction is incredible excitement with the chance of working in the gaming industry.. and then 2 seconds later the reality of what that job would entail punches you in the nose and kicks your dog. I wouldn''t want it, that''s for sure.

Oracle sucks.

Darth Vader sucks.

YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH!

is incredible excitement with the chance of working in the gaming industry

I don''t get this excitement any more. I have a wife and kid. I like a nice, stable, 40-45 hour work week. Sure, I''ll put in overtime if really necessary, but I''m not a wide-eyed youth any more. If I was going to be the next Carmack, I''d already be there.

"duckilama" wrote:
is incredible excitement with the chance of working in the gaming industry

I don''t get this excitement any more. I have a wife and kid. I like a nice, stable, 40-45 hour work week. Sure, I''ll put in overtime if really necessary, but I''m not a wide-eyed youth any more. If I was going to be the next Carmack, I''d already be there.

Do you find your current job exciting? Or have you simply given up that any job can be exciting? What about IT in general? Without going into the whole outsourcing conversation (I believe you can find that in the P&C forum if you like), has IT lost some of its shine? Apologies if this turns into a thread hijack.

Context: I still think that my ""dream"" job (or at least one I would find exciting) would be to work in the industry. Of course, my skillset qualifies me only for Web Programmer or something in production (read: project management) so while there would certainly be crunch, it would likely (hopefully?) not be as bad (nor as lucrative, I know) as the programmers and artists.

I ask this because I''ve got the whole ""and kids"" thing going now, too, and after seeing some of the stuff from those in the industry,* I''m reconsidering if I want to be a producer or consumer of Interactive Entertainment. Now I think I just want Certis'' job.

Anyway, the ""context"" is now way more than the post so it''s time to hit the Submit button.

*Yes, I pretty much knew about this stuff but seeing it from them and in their own words makes it a bit more real, you know?

When you say ""the industry"" are you talking about IT in general, or gaming companies specifically? I personally don''t think I would ever go work for a gaming company. I''ve heard too many horror stories from people that work there/with them and the instability and bad business practices are just too much to overcome for me. Would I love to work in that kind of creative environment, hell yeah, but the other stuff that goes along with it aren''t worth it.

has IT lost some of its shine?

Oh, no, not at all. I''m a codemonkey and I always will be. Even if I didn''t work as a coder, I''d do it in my free time.

What I''m not going to do is be an absent father/husband because of a flawed business model. My number 1 priority in life right now is raising my son. Yes, that does entail bringing home the bacon, but it doesn''t mean I have to work so much that I only see him on weekends.

I love code, and one of the biggest thrills in life for me is the ""zone"". You know what I mean, I''m sure you do. Deadline looming, music blaring, fingers moving of their own accord, gently caressing the keyboard at the merest hint of instruction from the brain, every algorithm coming out just right, knowing things are right before you even execute. It''s a beautiful state, and I still strive for it, but I no longer live for it.

I''m willing to give an employer a fair amount of my time for a fair amount of its money. Nothing more, nothing less. I''m one person. I''ll do the work of 1.5 of me, but I''m only putting in hours for one of me, and I expect to get paid what one of me is worth.

Would it be cool to be able to replicate the glory of Braben & Bell or live the legend of Carmack? Damn skippy, it would! But I''d really rather not work like a sweatshop wage slave for a 10-point font one-liner on a page of the game that everyone escapes past.

"LeapingGnome" wrote:

When you say ""the industry"" are you talking about IT in general, or gaming companies specifically?

Sorry, yeah, IT in general. Edited post for clarity.

"Duckilama" wrote:

knowing things are right before you even execute.

So, you don''t work in the healthcare market, do you?

They''re now also looking for two new people to get beat up in the forums.