EVE General Discussion

Why IBM Hires World of Warcraft Gamers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiRzmg6ggtw

Why I would hire a WoW player instead of an MBA from Harvard:
http://bigthink.com/videos/how-world-of-warcraft-could-save-your-business-and-the-economy-2

Admittedly...EVE is the game you want your prospective MBA employees playing, hehe.

I would do it if it fits the job and just talk about it.

I did put EVE not in my CV but i mentioned it specifically when i had an interview for my new job as something you could call a job very high up in a company as a ProductManager responsible for e plethora of Products involving Psychology and Sociology.

The person i talked to is not a gamer but quickly realised that eve is not a normal game either. I could explain her in a few sentences why my hobby will be a very valuable asset to the company. Especially the understanding of how a Market works that works with a full Supply / Demand chain... Afterwards she was very interested in learning more about the economics of EvE.

People who tell you you shouldnt mention it either can't break the game down for someone who isn't a gamer (not an easy task anyway) or simply don't play the game in a way where it would benefit them in a job. As a trader / invester / production line operator on a more complex level you would be stupid not to mention what ou do. If someone doesn't understand the value in this he's not something you should work with, it's that simple. I'm the best proof, for it and my salary goes easily into 6 figures per year if that matters in any way without sounding like a total douche.

As i'm also hiring people if someone would put it into their CV other than under Hobbies i'd clearly ask why he/she thinks this is relevant for the job. If the explanation is good its a plus, if not, it's not just like with everything else.

That said, from now on i will put it open into my CV.

I think your CV should be slightly different for every job you apply for and everything on it should have its purpose. In some cases though I don't think that it is wrong to remember that it is a two way street, you are looking for the right employer as much as they are looking for the right employee - it isn't one sided and you can filter out the employers that you don't want by using your CV.

In an earlier life I did get to pick through CV's and it was a benefit if a person seemed three dimensional in some way, staff have to get on with other staff so there is some sense in showing that you do have interests and don't return home to sleep in a coffin.

I have got an interview before largely on the strength of getting a credit on BF2142 map and various mods because I was able to use that experience as a jumping off point to show how I was able to work in a team etc. However 'I play Battlefield' would not have had the same effect. Obviously I didn't get the job because I was far too good for them, or something like that.

Now I am starting to apply as a mature, well, over thirty, computing graduate and it is challenging to know what the right thing to do is. I am studying the companies I apply for, if its a games company then you'd be an idiot not to show an interest in games on your CV but if it is financial services type of stiff upper lip professionalism is relevant then I might select responsibilities like a dog or a child.
I think Eve is probably going to come up for me as I have time to kill, a book on MongoDB and hundreds of market orders that I could analyse - its not wasting time, its expanding my skill set. If I make a tool for Eve then that is part of my portfolio showcasing my talents where as 'I play Eve' is really like saying 'I type in Word' or 'I add up in Excel' - what else would you do with these products. I used product x to achieve such can be a way of killing many birds with one stone.

I wonder exactly the same, i think we've come a LONG way and we're on the brink of getting rid of the nerd = negative stigma... but it also requires some actual efforts from gamers. I never had a problem so far but i'm also very self confident in how i lay it out to other people, i basically don't give them the chance to ridicule it.

Some might see a guy who will play EVE at work or till late night. Daily.

only read some, I would say, if you had been running something like vile rat had (RIP) and this large diplomatic network, working with people of different cultures and jobs everyday, it might be relevant depending on the job. I.e. you did diplomatic stuff in eve and were going to work for a company or gov in the diplomatic area. But I would say this could be better used as a 'mane a situation where you had to work with people you did not get along with' type of answer as oppose to something you add to your resume. Saying 'well I play a game, and I had to coordinate an event with people from 10 different countries, speaking 10 different languages, and we pulled it off without a hitch' might be an interesting point. But I would not make eve my main thing. Remember it needs to be relevant to the job. You would not make that you were a sign flipper on the side of the road the main point if you wanted an it job.