Im a financial consultant but at my level Im doing more of a financial analysts job. Ive been working with numbers ever since I got to college and got to make them fit together. I really like this and its something that definitely draws me towards strategy games.
F^4 What do you do for a living? Does that draw you to strategy gaming?
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Capt Buttkick
Emperor
I'm a financial consultant to a small town. It's boring and draws me to any kind of gaming 
Bamspeedy
CheeseBob
I'm a warehouse worker. Numbers always drew me, and I have a degree in accounting, but I realized I just am not an 'office worker' type person. I like analyzing some things that I find interesting, but not making financial statements, reports, etc.
Give me a t-shirt and blue jeans over a suit-and-tie anyday!
And I'm not really a people-person kind of guy (I'm a shy guy) to make speeches, business presentations, etc.
-Bamspeedy stays hidden behind the computer screen
Give me a t-shirt and blue jeans over a suit-and-tie anyday!
And I'm not really a people-person kind of guy (I'm a shy guy) to make speeches, business presentations, etc.
-Bamspeedy stays hidden behind the computer screen
feght
Unemployment statistic
I manipulate audio. Until recently I recorded bands and made adverts for a radio station, but I've just moved cities and I'm freelancing, trying to glue together a living.
I think it's my fascination with statistics (yeah, i know... that's why I love cricket as well
) that draws me to the TBS games, and the GOTM in particular.
Couple that with the fact that sound engineers quickly find out that, even though they enter the profession for the love of music, they quickly become computer geeks, problem solvers and nannies, and I think we have a reason...
I think it's my fascination with statistics (yeah, i know... that's why I love cricket as well
) that draws me to the TBS games, and the GOTM in particular.Couple that with the fact that sound engineers quickly find out that, even though they enter the profession for the love of music, they quickly become computer geeks, problem solvers and nannies, and I think we have a reason...
TedJackson
Cunning old Celt
I started my working life as an avionics engineer in the Royal Air Force back in the *cough* early 70's *cough*. I served for 12 years but had caught the "computer bug" by the end of the decade.
I left the RAF in '85 and spent the next few years installing/ repairing computers with a sideline of programming (mainly accounting and contact management sytems).
In 1990 I became involved in a number of EU sponsored research projects in the RACE (Research into Advanced Communications in Europe IIRC) I & II programmes. I can remember attending Comms '93 at the NEC (Birmingham) and demonstrating live PC-based videotelephony calls to France, Holland and Sweden over a standard ISDN 2B link. Heady stuff in those days
Needing a break from the constant travel involved in managing these projects I turned my hand to technical editing/authoring. I worked for a now-defunct government agency and over the course of four years I turned out just under one hundred books mainly relating to IT Systems and Programme/Project Management.
Nowadays I'm an IT Systems consultant and I deal mainly with Windows/Linux integration projects for medium sized businesses.
I've been playing computer games so long I can't remember what got me hooked but I can clearly remember the first strategy/wargame I played (to death).
It was on the Sinclair Spectrum (Timex something or other to our American cousins) and was a squad based combat game set on the moon. It had line of sight targetting and it was essential that you made use of available cover. The sad thing is I can't remember the name of the game.
From there I've never really stopped playing computer games. I guess that strategy and adventure games are my two favourite genres. I played Civ and Civ2 from the get-go but for some reason I came late to Civ3 and have only been playing since the beginning of this year.
I like to know how things work and in a lot of respects most strategy games are like a big, complex machine. I like to know what makes them tick and the only way to do that is to play and analyse them.
Sorry I've gone on a bit but once I start I just can't stop. A bit like playing Civ really
Ted
I left the RAF in '85 and spent the next few years installing/ repairing computers with a sideline of programming (mainly accounting and contact management sytems).
In 1990 I became involved in a number of EU sponsored research projects in the RACE (Research into Advanced Communications in Europe IIRC) I & II programmes. I can remember attending Comms '93 at the NEC (Birmingham) and demonstrating live PC-based videotelephony calls to France, Holland and Sweden over a standard ISDN 2B link. Heady stuff in those days
Needing a break from the constant travel involved in managing these projects I turned my hand to technical editing/authoring. I worked for a now-defunct government agency and over the course of four years I turned out just under one hundred books mainly relating to IT Systems and Programme/Project Management.
Nowadays I'm an IT Systems consultant and I deal mainly with Windows/Linux integration projects for medium sized businesses.
I've been playing computer games so long I can't remember what got me hooked but I can clearly remember the first strategy/wargame I played (to death).
It was on the Sinclair Spectrum (Timex something or other to our American cousins) and was a squad based combat game set on the moon. It had line of sight targetting and it was essential that you made use of available cover. The sad thing is I can't remember the name of the game.
From there I've never really stopped playing computer games. I guess that strategy and adventure games are my two favourite genres. I played Civ and Civ2 from the get-go but for some reason I came late to Civ3 and have only been playing since the beginning of this year.
I like to know how things work and in a lot of respects most strategy games are like a big, complex machine. I like to know what makes them tick and the only way to do that is to play and analyse them.
Sorry I've gone on a bit but once I start I just can't stop. A bit like playing Civ really
Ted
I'm a lecturer in Physics and Computing. Enjoy problem solving, finding ways to explain things and that light bulb moment when someone finally 'gets' it.
I've been playing strategy games since before you were born, sonny. I was a pretty good chess player in my youth, played Risk and lots of other board games. First computer game was Colossal Adventure back in the 70s. I enjoy solving cryptic crosswords (Times every day for the Brits) and play bridge competitively too.
I've been playing strategy games since before you were born, sonny. I was a pretty good chess player in my youth, played Risk and lots of other board games. First computer game was Colossal Adventure back in the 70s. I enjoy solving cryptic crosswords (Times every day for the Brits) and play bridge competitively too.
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I'm tempted to say Easter Egg welder, but that's just what I want to be.
I build computer models for automotive vehicle systems so you guys can prang your cars without killing yourselves. I also teach Computer Aided Design and Geometric Dimensioning and tolerancing. CAD jockeys refer to their workstations as "tubes", hence the location under my avatar.
My job doesn't really have anything to do with playing CIV. I used to play 1st person games like Quake to a fairly high standard, but as I get older and my reaction times increase so I just get worse and worse. So in February this year a work colleague showed me CIV and 4 months later, here I am. A much more civilised (sp?) persuit.
I build computer models for automotive vehicle systems so you guys can prang your cars without killing yourselves. I also teach Computer Aided Design and Geometric Dimensioning and tolerancing. CAD jockeys refer to their workstations as "tubes", hence the location under my avatar.
My job doesn't really have anything to do with playing CIV. I used to play 1st person games like Quake to a fairly high standard, but as I get older and my reaction times increase so I just get worse and worse. So in February this year a work colleague showed me CIV and 4 months later, here I am. A much more civilised (sp?) persuit.
Recently retired from a life of crime in the worlds of computer hardware, software and data communications design and development.
Can't stay away from my Mac and I was always interested in games but never had the time before. Civ3 is one I can play at an oldie's pace and keeps my grey matter in motion.
Playing live in GOTM for the first time this month.
Can't stay away from my Mac and I was always interested in games but never had the time before. Civ3 is one I can play at an oldie's pace and keeps my grey matter in motion.
Playing live in GOTM for the first time this month.
PhD student in computer science (roughly in the area of human-computer interaction, although comming from the perspective of having been a programmer rather than having been a psychologist).
I find games interesting to look at casually because it is an area where the interaction doesn't just have to be easy and productive -- a means to an end like application programming, the interaction itself has to be fun and compelling.
The "one-more-turn" effect of Civ is something I find very interesting.
I find games interesting to look at casually because it is an area where the interaction doesn't just have to be easy and productive -- a means to an end like application programming, the interaction itself has to be fun and compelling.
The "one-more-turn" effect of Civ is something I find very interesting.
ControlFreak
Not An Addict, Really
Controls Engineer (hence the nick). I did go back to get a Masters in Biomedical Engineering with thoughts of building a nerve-machine interface for bionic replacements. The experience taught me I wasn't cut out to do research full time, so I went back to doing what I was before Grad School.
I've always loved playing video games, eversince I saved $100 from my paperroute to buy an Atari. Civ is great because its a giant puzzle with hundreds of problems to solve and no limit on the time to think about them.
I've always loved playing video games, eversince I saved $100 from my paperroute to buy an Atari. Civ is great because its a giant puzzle with hundreds of problems to solve and no limit on the time to think about them.
I started out in Engineering first working in a Nuclear Power Plant with the Electrical and Electronics in the Navy. Then I moved into Electrical Engineering for a while after the Navy. Today I have Migrated to an "Internal Project Manager Consultant" role. I prefer to think of myself as a professional coffee drinker as I end up sitting in meetings all day drinking coffee.
I have been playing civ since it first came out 10 plus years ago. Today it is the only game I have tome for, or really want to play.
I have been playing civ since it first came out 10 plus years ago. Today it is the only game I have tome for, or really want to play.
el_kalkylus
Civ2 spearman
I guess one could say I am a math student since that's what I have been studying for the last 4 years (which has humbled me incredibly.) But I have also worked a little in between like for example as a mailman because I was sick of trying to remember new theorems and definitions etc.
ControlFreak
Not An Addict, Really
I'll bet you had the most effiecient route on the block though.
scubagtr
Scuba Gator
I guess my path is sort of like Creepsters. Graduated high school in 86 to join the Navy as a nuclear machinest mate, even though ET and EE were my first two choices. Graduated from nuclear prototype training in Ballston Spa, NY, but received a ROTC scholarship at the same time my orders for the USS Enterprise came in. They said "Pick between the carrier doing an 18-month world tour or go to the University of Florida". Well, at age 18 the world sounded nice but the Gator babes at UF were calling me, so off to college to become a Gator.
Got my BS and Masters in Environmental engineering, got commisioned as a Naval Officer and I am now an Engineering Project Manger in a consulting firm for the last 10 years.
This job doesn't really associate with Civ, but being an ex-Navy boy, I like to play islands or continents and swarm the world with my Naval Fleet every now and then to relive the old days.
Got my BS and Masters in Environmental engineering, got commisioned as a Naval Officer and I am now an Engineering Project Manger in a consulting firm for the last 10 years.
This job doesn't really associate with Civ, but being an ex-Navy boy, I like to play islands or continents and swarm the world with my Naval Fleet every now and then to relive the old days.
I'm a 26 year old VB programmer. Got a job doing something else and managed to get training... Now most of my job is writing statistical applications with pretty front ends, I'm leader of a huge team of 1.
I always loved messing around with computers: software and hardware. Been obsessed with games ever since I got sinclair spectrum aged 8. Strategy games have more 'fiddle-ability' than most. Reckon my interest in games is what drew me to my work...
I always loved messing around with computers: software and hardware. Been obsessed with games ever since I got sinclair spectrum aged 8. Strategy games have more 'fiddle-ability' than most. Reckon my interest in games is what drew me to my work...
hotrod0823
Deity
Production Manager in a manufacturing facility with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Work with some PLC ladder logic but spend most of my time with production scheduling.
Just enjoy logic puzzles, math puzzles and civ fits the bill.
Just enjoy logic puzzles, math puzzles and civ fits the bill.
rabies
Happy Dad
A diverse bunch to be sure!
I am in the computer field, and have been since I graduated high-school in 87. Did get dual B.S. degrees in college as I worked in the field.
Have held jobs such as:
Fast food restaurant jockey. =(
Lab admin in college
Working in the IT department at United Parcel Service - running/troubleshooting their computer systems
Graphics artist for an up and coming web/dev company.
html coder for another up and coming web/dev company.
Lead Engineer in the IT dept for several big govt contracts (Navy) in the DC area. (ran their servers, workstations, etc).
Currently am employed as The manager or Windows Engineering in a Web hosting company.
I don't think any of my jobs can relate to civ..other than I just spend all my time on a computer....and maybe have delusions of grandeur...
I am in the computer field, and have been since I graduated high-school in 87. Did get dual B.S. degrees in college as I worked in the field.
Have held jobs such as:
Fast food restaurant jockey. =(
Lab admin in college
Working in the IT department at United Parcel Service - running/troubleshooting their computer systems
Graphics artist for an up and coming web/dev company.
html coder for another up and coming web/dev company.
Lead Engineer in the IT dept for several big govt contracts (Navy) in the DC area. (ran their servers, workstations, etc).
Currently am employed as The manager or Windows Engineering in a Web hosting company.
I don't think any of my jobs can relate to civ..other than I just spend all my time on a computer....and maybe have delusions of grandeur...
Txurce
Deity
O my God! Should there be a division like Conquest for those very, very few who do NOT have a background in numbers? It could be called Abacus, and I would have an excellent shot at monthly medals!
Math was always one of my worst subjects in school, although a love of strategy board games as a kid led me to work out the probabilities for dice rolls. During a period of little employment I played and "broke" Balance of Power and Patton-vs-Rommel on early Macs. But I've worked in the movie business for the last 15 years, and that left me no time for games until I discovered Civ2 from my nephews. Since then I have made it a priority to squeeze in as much work time as possible into my daily schedule.
Math was always one of my worst subjects in school, although a love of strategy board games as a kid led me to work out the probabilities for dice rolls. During a period of little employment I played and "broke" Balance of Power and Patton-vs-Rommel on early Macs. But I've worked in the movie business for the last 15 years, and that left me no time for games until I discovered Civ2 from my nephews. Since then I have made it a priority to squeeze in as much work time as possible into my daily schedule.
scubagtr,
Ok I have to ask becaus we may have crossed paths here. I too graduated in 86 and was in Florida (boot camp) in the fall of 86. I stayed there for school from Jan 87 to spring 88 attending ET school and nuc school. I then went off to Idaho though. Any chance we could have crossed paths?
If you like let me know by PM or post.
Ok I have to ask becaus we may have crossed paths here. I too graduated in 86 and was in Florida (boot camp) in the fall of 86. I stayed there for school from Jan 87 to spring 88 attending ET school and nuc school. I then went off to Idaho though. Any chance we could have crossed paths?
If you like let me know by PM or post.
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