Civ can help your career

[TheMeInTeam]

you'd be surprised how hard it is just to get a dead end minumwage hell hole job, I've been trying for months

No no, I'm not surprised. You see, I graduated in May, so I kind of know .

 

[Glassfan]

From the current issue of Scientific American:

150 Years Ago;

Descent into Chess - "A pernicious excitement to learn and play chess has spread all over the country, and numerous clubs for practicing this game have been formed in cities and villages. Why should we regret this? It may be asked. We answer, chess is a mere amusement of a very inferior character, which robs the mind of valuable time that might be devoted to nobler acquirements, while it affords no benefit whatever to the body. Chess has acquired a high reputation as being a means to discipline the mind, but persons engaged in sedentary occupations should never practice this cheerless game; they require out-door exercises - not this sort of mental gladiatorship."

Read "Civilization" for "Chess" and move forward 150 years and you've got my wife's opinion of how I waste my time. I just wish I knew what that "nobler" stuff was that I could be doing.

 

[bestbrian]

From the current issue of Scientific American:

150 Years Ago;

Descent into Chess - "A pernicious excitement to learn and play chess has spread all over the country, and numerous clubs for practicing this game have been formed in cities and villages. Why should we regret this? It may be asked. We answer, chess is a mere amusement of a very inferior character, which robs the mind of valuable time that might be devoted to nobler acquirements, while it affords no benefit whatever to the body. Chess has acquired a high reputation as being a means to discipline the mind, but persons engaged in sedentary occupations should never practice this cheerless game; they require out-door exercises - not this sort of mental gladiatorship."

Read "Civilization" for "Chess" and move forward 150 years and you've got my wife's opinion of how I waste my time. I just wish I knew what that "nobler" stuff was that I could be doing.

Killin' Injuns?

 

[MrCynical]

i'm a chemical engineer, so i can't really apply civ to my job, but what about the rest of you? your ability to find and exploit advantages is amazing. the game is DESIGNED to be balanced, but god isnt going to make you download a patch so the rest of the world can keep up. maybe obama can (just kidding, i voted for him).

Another chemistry student here. I guess I apply a few of the same principles to my research and to Civ, but I'd probably do that whether I played the game or not. I'm just playing Civ to have fun though - not to improve myself or anything on those lines.

 

[Stoney the I]

Chemistry & Physics teacher here. I could use my planning skills during civ and work, sadly i dont have any. IRL im great at diplomacy, in the game i am not. I can name a few other things that dont mix, so no real synergy there.

I just play for fun anyway. My students do like the fact they have a "gaming teacher" occasionally though.

 

[Adria]

Funny, I never saw physics as all that(gineering or physics you deal with. In my position I am very hands on with the equipment my company builds, but there are other engineers who work the more R&D side that wouldn't know how to actually put together the assemblies they design if confronted with the actual parts and screws!!!

Experimental physics vs theoretical physics, and applying theoretical physics to real-world things (can't always do an experiment, but things like writing a computer program to model observations is common). I ended up in medical physics, in a job that requires a BSc or BEng. As far as physics jobs go, it's very practical and hands-on.

 

[Solomwi]

A lot of the articles and threads on this site are extremely impressive in terms of the depth of understanding of the game mechanics and the analysis and conception of different strategy (not in terms of military, but in general planning). (also the just the level of professional writing is impressive compared to other video game forums)

you guys seem to be exceptionally bright, with talents that must present themselves in your jobs and everyday life.

so my question is are you guys not living up to your true potential (i.e. playing civ instead of conquering the financial world), or are you all secretly Bill Gates when he's not in the office?

i'm a chemical engineer, so i can't really apply civ to my job, but what about the rest of you? your ability to find and exploit advantages is amazing. the game is DESIGNED to be balanced, but god isnt going to make you download a patch so the rest of the world can keep up. maybe obama can (just kidding, i voted for him).

the real world is more complicated than a simple game, but that means there are an infinite amount of ways to "win". you could be reaping the benefits from applying the same skills you use in civ to life instead of playing this game! unless you already do and civ is your hobby.

You must have a fluidized bed fetish. Sure you can apply civ to your job, albeit probably not as directly as some. In the most general sense, an empire in civ is a system. Your job is to get as much yield from that system as possible given the resources available to you, just like a plant or process line. In civ, you're constantly making decisions that require you to weigh the costs against the estimated return. If you're designing a new process or analyzing an existing one, you're faces with the same type decision. Practice in making such decisions makes you better at it, regardless of the subject matter. Look at it a bit and I'm sure you'll start to see other parallels all over the place.

For the record, I'm a lawyer with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering.

 

[PutCashIn]

So, er, you apply the law by melting people?

 

[Solomwi]

So, er, you apply the law by melting people?

I wish. That would make the practice of law a lot simpler.

 

[bestbrian]

I wish. That would make the practice of law a lot simpler.

Amen to that, Brother.

 

[Jon Shafer]

Civ can definitely help your career.

It's just that the odds of it doing so are pretty low.

Jon

 

[r_rolo1]

Civ can definitely help your career.

It's just that the odds of it doing so are pretty low.

Jon

Oh, maybe the question should be "Besides people that works or is in the way of working in developing Civilization games, ...."