New Job Openings at Firaxis

One position from what I heard, and there are people with those skills. I work with at a few people like that (probably more).

For example, the one guy has degrees in CS and history. Has published a few board wargames and is working on more on the side. Has done programming, scenario and campaign design for a few historical computer games (not including the stuff he did for Civ3, which you have most likely tried).

These caliber people do exist.
 
So, if you know some more, can you tell me how it works?

Now we're sending mails to Firaxis. They will get a hundred of requests, which will mostly reject. They will invite the chosen for an interview in Maryland, and then only one is the winner. Am I correct?
In that case, who will pay travelling expenses? Let's say, if LouLong or Steph or me or any other European is invited, has he got to pay hundreds of $ for the flight, risking not be chosen?
 
Rhye, I don't know. When I interviewed, it was out of my pocket but that was no big deal as I lived only a couple of hours drive away. Obviously, it would be more for people from Europe. Most companies will reimburse for this kind of expense.
 
It would be most unusual for a company to ask you to pay travel expenses, especially if they are NOT paying a Headhunter fee. However, if the person will be working in Maryland AND you are prepared to move there, you might want to ask Firaxis to treat you like they would a local..........obviously if they can find someone in Maryland, why go to Europe?

If THEY are Headhunting YOU specifically, then it's a different story.

So, my advice, if you want the job badly enough is to act and be treated like a "local".....you may still have the problem of getting a U.S. Work Visa....which can be no mean feat....especially since 9/11! :)

However, where there's a will, there's a way! :)

P.s. I think the biggest factor in hiring a person is their degree of Competence!.....very hard to determine until they are actually "on the job"!
 
Rhye said:
Let's say, if LouLong or Steph or me or any other European is invited, has he got to pay hundreds of $ for the flight, risking not be chosen?
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If they pay my travel to go there when I didn't apply, it would really mean they badly want me!! :eek:
 
I'd be very surprised if anyone non-American were to get a job like this. It's not just a matter of moving. You can't just move to another country whenever you feel like it, you know! How would they get a work visa? Firaxis would have to prove that they were unable to find anyone competent to do the job in the United States. And whilst they're looking for someone special, that would be a pretty hard claim to justify. A non-American would have to be very, very, *very* good indeed to convince a US company to go through the ghastly hassle of applying for a work permit for them, let alone to persuade the government to issue one.
 
It's not quite that bad, Plotinus! ;)

I have hired 20+ IT people from outside the U.S. to work in the U.S. on H-1 visas (Valid for up to 5 years). This is a visa for "specialists" and usually requires that the individual have an undergraduate degree and some specialized experience. You can then switch them to Permanent Resident status if you plan on keeping them "indefinitely". Thousands of these H-1 visas are issued EVERY year.

You might have to show the U.S. government that you have advertised in the U.S. and that no qualified U.S. persons (viz. Citizens + Permanent Residents) were found. U.S. immigration lawyers perform this H-1 visa application on a regular basis.

This makes sense........if you can find a suitable person for the job in the U.S. you're gonna hire him, else hire the person from overseas. :)
 
Gosh - evidently there are ways and means in America that I didn't know about. I don't think we have routes like that in Britain (although there are a few interesting ones such as the Highly Skilled Migrant scheme).
 
It might not be anyone from these boards, you know ;)
 
Rhye said:
Couldn't Europeans just interview with a web conference? :)
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I doubt it. A large portion of the interview is seeing if the person is someone you can stand to be around for 80+ a week. This can't be adequately done on a web conference, IMHO.

Part of the screening is typically a phone interview to weed out people quickly and cheaply.
 
Sarevok said:
Ok, since I wont run for this due to age, I guess Im up for grabs as to who I would support. To be perfectly honest, none of the people applied have made any scenarios I can think of (a mod is NOT a scenario). I have been here for nearly 2 years, so I have plenty of experience in the scenario creation arena and have seen pretty much everything. i have not seen a scrap of anything these people have done.

If you can post here, linking what you believe is your best Scenario work, then Ill check them out and the best one I will give my full support to. Since I have been in creation process for scenarios that have recieved immense amount of response and feedback (The Old Empires for example is the largest scenario thread to Exist with 2,956 posts, with The Great War as #2 with 2714 posts) due to their ability and have survived a long time (Both TOE and TGW have survived a year or more), my support I believe would be a most favorable tool in getting this job.

Impartiality is my speciality, so you have no fear of bias, but I will not be done merely with showing me a good scenario. I will ask questions as well concerning design and technical problems, ill post them tommorow. I want to make sure that whoever from CFC is considered for this job is someone I would rather have than myself, otherwise I will not respect them and they will be in for a rude suprise when civ4 comes out.

So, who shall come forth?
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Who the hell do you think you are?

It's exactly this kind of unchecked egotism and immaturity that no industry professionals hire minors. You threaten Firaxis with a "rude surprise" if they, God forbid, hire an applicant without your blessing, as if you were the pope. Get a grip on the real world, son; you won't even get a job at McDonald's with that kind of attitude. A good portion of the guys posting here, yourself included, sound about half a PhD away from a future Derek Smart.
 
Dr.Beetnuts said:
Who the hell do you think you are?

It's exactly this kind of unchecked egotism and immaturity that no industry professionals hire minors. You threaten Firaxis with a "rude surprise" if they, God forbid, hire an applicant without your blessing, as if you were the pope. Get a grip on the real world, son; you won't even get a job at McDonald's with that kind of attitude. A good portion of the guys posting here, yourself included, sound about half a PhD away from a future Derek Smart.
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:lol:

I think I am Sarevok, a simple poster at this forum that has released some scenarios that happen to be well liked, and I believe you are a fool that needs a lesson in humility.

I happened to mention that earlier because since I have made some good scenarios (they said it, not me), and that Firaxis has looked at people's actions on this forum (again, they said it), perhaps it would serve as a bonus to people If I effectively said that I believe they would do a good job. This statement was to try to help people, not to go off on some pathetic pompous purge of who is applying for this.

My "rude suprise", mind you would not go to firaxis, but it would go to the scenario creator In the event that their scenarios were of bad quality when put into the main game. It would annoy me if someone got the job that so many sought, then did a bad job at it, that is when id have to give such a suprise. As I said in that post, I am impartial, still am to whoever gets this. I merely wanted to see an example of how good the applicants from CFC actually are by showing one of their works.

Normally, I may have gotten annoyed by this statement, but it is so pathetic that I will leave my Katana in its sheath. No need to have heads roll today, but ill keep this sword ready.

EDIT: Ooh, I just noticed that you joined this board today. Most likely you are a DL, who is too scared to say what you have said in public with your main ID. Cowards... they are too abundant. :lol:
 
If Firaxis do look at peoples' posts in this thread Sarevok, you are sabotaging your own future chances of ever working for them by making posts like that. It may have been justified, but I don't think many companies would be that eager to hire someone who'd (even jokingly) threaten to chop someone's head off if they don't like them.

I can imagine an interview with you in it...
"Sorry Mr. Sarevok but we don't think you're qualified for this role."
"I'm not qualified?! I think you'll find the intarweb disagrees with you, you idiot. You need a lesson in humility, foolish mortal!"
"Okay, whatever. This is why we don't hire 12 year olds."
 
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