i was wondering if you have a topic explaining exactly (with requirements) what are the new job opps you talked about in the latest june live stream? thanks
I think you just need to e-mail them the position your interested in and see! Of course if your applying for programmer or community relations there going to want someone with a degree (more so than not) with experience in that particular field... C# or C++, and for CR/CM, probably something in social or HR. They didn't sound against the idea of hiring people with out degrees if you could PROVE your coding experience, and that you wouldn't need constant help.
What you can do is what we want to know. I don't care about degrees much, it's just one piece of data about you. However, you need to have examples of your work which will be judged on a professional level. Generally speaking we don't often hire for specific roles, we hire multi-talented people that can wear more than one hat. In general we could use more manpower at the moment and I gave some specific examples. Programming and community management are probably the primary ones. Since we work with a lot of different programming environments it's best to know more than one. People who can do both art and programming are particularly interesting (we have quite a few people that dabble in both).
So basically you would want a CV thats focused on skills and work done and it should be sent to jobs@uberent.com if I'm not mistaken? Also are the jobs local only or can they be done across the planet(aka online)?
:? i think i understand your general "point" but "programming" as you know is a HUGE field. that's why i was asking for details on what requirements and previous exp this persona must have. For example if i am gona talk about my self, i am a professional software developer in .NET for many years (with soem project that i can show and proove my work) but i am not a Game Programmer, i am coding C# and vb.net, basically bank applications, you know data driven tools, crm, erps, blah blah, because in my country there is no "gaming" industry. (i dought if thre is in Europe anyway besides some offsore companies). besides that more than 10 years in I.T, hardware and client server installations. so i dont know c++, or OpenGL (that PA is using), i may be a fast learner but most of us here (if there are here other programmers) we are not "game" programmers. :roll: so i dont know if you are willing to hire someone without gaming programming exp?? like directx, c++ etc for example. not to sound uncertain for my skills, i just wish there was a more specific post about what "skills" and programming languages you are looking for, to help us out understand better your needs, that all. if it was up to me, damn i would consider my self a swiss knife, ready to learn and do anything and everything for a game developing company! even clean the "coffee machine :mrgreen: ". i would try and send my CV, and i hope you are open mind to invite people from all over the globe, after all this is "Planetary" annihilation right? :roll:
The necessary skills depend on the person. Currently we write stuff in C++ / javascript / C# and Python. Since we do so much C++ people need to be particularly skilled in it. Unfortunately being ready to learn isn't really enough. We need people who can be productive immediately to a professional level of quality. That's not to say that I would immediately reject all inexperienced candidates, but if you haven't shipped some significant software it's going to be a very uphill climb. I suppose this is just another way of saying that we have really high standards because we like to keep the team small and productive. Also for those that are asking anyone who is an employee needs to be on site and be able to legally work in the US.
thank you for the clarifications as i was "afraid", its " C++ / javascript / C# and Python" well the C# is not a problem for me, the other are as i am coding in a completely "different" branch of the software department, far from gaming! :roll: as for the "able to work on site in the USA" well, logically you can invite if you find someone very interested for your team and give that person a legal VISA, if he is a European or other citizen i guess. anyways, i wish both sides goodluck in finding what they wish regards lets get back to testing :mrgreen:
Damn you for wanting skilled IT workers in the US. Here I am in the UK with no IT skills or useful skillsets to offer because there's no need for Uber to hire an anti graffiti council lead officer. LOL In all seriousness I do wish you guys with those skills the best of luck to help make this an awesome game and I will be jealous of that alone. Sadly my coding skills are to be able to make a clock I blame my teacher at college for that
You can't work together over the internet that good. Directly talking to each other is just so much more effective. Sitting together in one office has many many advantages.
The on-site-ness requirement really depends on the type of job- I've learned that working as a sales-consultant in the 3d printing/laser-cutting/CNC machine/KUKA robots/Other cool hardware world. Our main office is up in Maryland, but I'm down in southwest Virginia, and I see my boss maybe once a quarter. I still move 250k worth of stuff on average every quarter and keep up with him and the rest of the office by phone, email, chat, etc. every week, but as I do sales and design work for clients, I'm kinda my own island, and that works out ok. I'm available to go fix machines when my colleagues need me to, and I'm available by phone using our VoIP setup to take service calls. I sub-contract creative work to some other guys and we work by Skype/Google Hangout and Dropbox. One guy lives in Pennsylvania, one in Louisville Kentucky, and one in northern VA, when he's between compositing seasons working at ZOIC in Vancouver, CA. So that said, would it be easier to work with these guys on creative work locally? Absolutely. Is it necessary? In my case, not really, but it really slows work down sometimes and makes it difficult to get things clearly communicated. However, I think that in the tight deadlines and turn-around schedule for this project, that being onsite for Uber is pretty critical. 2 cents from a sales/creative guy I suppose. I wouldn't mind moving to Seattle- actually tried visiting their office around the new year and Uber was like "aw man, we don't check our voicemail, didn't get this until now that you're back out of town. Next time you're in the area hit us up though!" Good luck to all applicants, and good luck to Uber getting some good applicants! -Jonathan consciousacts.net (personal stuff) amtekcompany.com (the day job)
Hmm, that would be pretty hefty commute. Can't you guys just move the office here to Cologne? The weather is great, best beer and cars in the world, awesome pastries and probably the healthiest convenience food you can imagine... xD
