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Guess who just got a work experience placement at PC Gamer UK? Go on, guess.

I'm so excited :D
 
Slap Mark Donald for bringing the magazine down. Then get Matt Pierce to work there again.
 
Good call.
A friend of mine also suggested I should swoon all over Jim and Kieron, because they're so dreamy. Different strokes and all.
 
Lol, that sucks, i had my work experience at Raf Cranwell :).
 
i had mine at some panel beating place and a hydraulic ram factory:thumbs:
 
el Chi said:
Guess who just got a work experience placement at PC Gamer UK? Go on, guess.

I'm so excited :D
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awesome! congrats, how did you manage that? details details
 
Is it high school work experience or a college/uni placement?

High school work experiences are useless most of the time, although my brother did get a job out of it when he was 16.
 
cool, well done. i used to work there. tell dave chappman that chazzy said hi.
 
Hey, well done. Do you think they'll let you do anything cool, or will it just be making cups of tea?
 
Cool, I remeber reading one article where some work experience kid there said the graphics on doom were rubbish and it wasn't even scary, the writer was pretty pissed at him.
 
Great news Chris, you'll be loving it i'm sure, have a good'un.
 
Solaris said:
Cool, I remeber reading one article where some work experience kid there said the graphics on doom were rubbish and it wasn't even scary, the writer was pretty pissed at him.
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Heh, yeah actually, they often throw a passing mention for work experience lot, and sometimes even whack their picture in the mag. Do something radical and you'll be famous! Also: wear a T-Shirt advertising hl2.net.
 
CptStern said:
awesome! congrats, how did you manage that? details details
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Wrote to them ages ago about it, got put on some kind of mailing list that mentioned whenever they had work experience going. A few weeks ago I got a round mail saying there was experience going, and so you go onto this online form. It asks you which magazine you want to work for and why; then why you think you'd be suitable; then it gave four spellings of the word "intervene", you had to pick the correct one. You had to do all of this in 30 mins or something.

StardogChampion said:
Is it high school work experience or a college/uni placement?

High school work experiences are useless most of the time, although my brother did get a job out of it when he was 16.
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University student experience, which means it ought to be something a bit more interesting and relevant than tedious admin work, but we'll see.

I did my secondary (high) school work experience at a car dealership where they had pretty much no idea what to do with me. It was pretty dull. And very cold.
 
el Chi said:
Wrote to them ages ago about it, got put on some kind of mailing list that mentioned whenever they had work experience going. A few weeks ago I got a round mail saying there was experience going, and so you go onto this online form. It asks you which magazine you want to work for and why; then why you think you'd be suitable; then it gave four spellings of the word "intervene", you had to pick the correct one. You had to do all of this in 30 mins or something.
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you're kidding? ...I guess they've never heard of dictionary.com

that's really great to hear ..my advice is try to do as much varied work as possible, volunteer to help the graphics dept or whatever as it can lead to a permanent job
 
zomg. :eek:

Please bring back Kieron Gillen's underpants.
 
Not that much of a fan of PC GAMER UK anymore. Awesome all the same though.
 
CptStern said:
you're kidding? ...I guess they've never heard of dictionary.com

that's really great to hear ..my advice is try to do as much varied work as possible, volunteer to help the graphics dept or whatever as it can lead to a permanent job
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Well I think they'd judge it partly by your choice of the spelling but also by your spelling and punctuation in the written bits too.

I know what you mean about trying to make myself seem as useful/indispensable as possible but to be honest I wouldn't be a great deal of help in the graphics dept or the hardware dept.

Bugger, I hope they don't try and get me to do anything for the hardware dept, I'll show my incompetence purty quickly D:
 
el Chi said:
Well I think they'd judge it partly by your choice of the spelling but also by your spelling and punctuation in the written bits too.

I know what you mean about trying to make myself seem as useful/indispensable as possible but to be honest I wouldn't be a great deal of help in the graphics dept or the hardware dept.

Bugger, I hope they don't try and get me to do anything for the hardware dept, I'll show my incompetence purty quickly D:
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you have a whole community of experts right here! ...oh and if they're giving out free 7900gtx's dont forget who luvs ya! ;)
 
Wow, amazing dude! :D

Am i the only one who still likes PCG UK? D:

Oh, get them to promote Spore more please! And give 'em a link to our Spore site (in my sig) :p

Will be excellant for ya dude
 
I'm doing work experience right now, with the County Council
 
Awww man, lol ... only ever did one bit of work experience and that was when i was 15 .. i asked for something in relation to ICT, they stuck me in a shoe shop :| i got a job out of it a year or so none the less but still .... means i gotta find my own way around to getting a Job in IT now :p anyway .. congratz on that ... im Jealous :(
 
I was offered a game tester job at atari...until the local atari location shutdown and moved. It sucked...My friends dad was the lead producer there so I had hookups to get in.
 
I did work experience at Rolls Royce :)
 
I never did work experience, I just went straight into work.

-Angry Lawyer
 
I still remember my work experience with the council IT crowd.

There we'd be, sitting around, surfing the internet lazy as hell when suddenly the phone rings and Matt's there in a flash 'TELL ME WHERE IS THE PROBLEM!' 'Help, help, we've got something wrong with our computers in the human resources office!' "DON'T WORRY MAM I'LL BE RIGHT THERE! OKAY TEAM, LET'S GO!" He pointed his finger up in the air dramatically. TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT! Matt, the HRD's two floors down. DOWN! TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT! So we'd all grab out It-kits and rush over there, sliding down fireman poles, jumping balconies and so on. Then we'd get there and stride into their office, spreading out among the cubicles shouting NOBODY MOVE! EVERYBODY STAY CALM WE ARE HERE TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION! Matt: gimme a citrep. Secretary: uh, it won't uh- Matt EVERYBODY OVER HERE NOW! See what's going on? I've seen this before. All right, guys, it's simple. Run the I//:dasdksgarbolegrable, tick these boxes then you need to reset the whole system and go back in with your admin password. We have thirty seconds guys! Move it, move it! Time is ticking! They aint't paying us by the hour! And so on.
 
You just sat in the office and played Solitaire all day, didn't you?
 
...yes. :(

Apart from the one, single time we really did have to run down the the human resources office and fix their computers.
 
Aww man, everyone had good Work Exp but me :p Your my hero Sulks :(
 
Sulkdodds said:
I still remember my work experience with the council IT crowd.

There we'd be, sitting around, surfing the internet lazy as hell when suddenly the phone rings and Matt's there in a flash 'TELL ME WHERE IS THE PROBLEM!' 'Help, help, we've got something wrong with our computers in the human resources office!' "DON'T WORRY MAM I'LL BE RIGHT THERE! OKAY TEAM, LET'S GO!" He pointed his finger up in the air dramatically. TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT! Matt, the HRD's two floors down. DOWN! TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT! So we'd all grab out It-kits and rush over there, sliding down fireman poles, jumping balconies and so on. Then we'd get there and stride into their office, spreading out among the cubicles shouting NOBODY MOVE! EVERYBODY STAY CALM WE ARE HERE TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION! Matt: gimme a citrep. Secretary: uh, it won't uh- Matt EVERYBODY OVER HERE NOW! See what's going on? I've seen this before. All right, guys, it's simple. Run the I//:dasdksgarbolegrable, tick these boxes then you need to reset the whole system and go back in with your admin password. We have thirty seconds guys! Move it, move it! Time is ticking! They aint't paying us by the hour! And so on.
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Thats the best story i've ever heard. <3
 
el Chi, congratulations! Sounds like a great experience for you. Be sure to tell me about it once you start.
 
Good stuff el Chi. :D

As for work experience, my High School work experience was in the aerodrome D:
 
Sulkdodds said:
I still remember my work experience with the council IT crowd.

There we'd be, sitting around, surfing the internet lazy as hell when suddenly the phone rings and Matt's there in a flash 'TELL ME WHERE IS THE PROBLEM!' 'Help, help, we've got something wrong with our computers in the human resources office!' "DON'T WORRY MAM I'LL BE RIGHT THERE! OKAY TEAM, LET'S GO!" He pointed his finger up in the air dramatically. TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT! Matt, the HRD's two floors down. DOWN! TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT! So we'd all grab out It-kits and rush over there, sliding down fireman poles, jumping balconies and so on. Then we'd get there and stride into their office, spreading out among the cubicles shouting NOBODY MOVE! EVERYBODY STAY CALM WE ARE HERE TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION! Matt: gimme a citrep. Secretary: uh, it won't uh- Matt EVERYBODY OVER HERE NOW! See what's going on? I've seen this before. All right, guys, it's simple. Run the I//:dasdksgarbolegrable, tick these boxes then you need to reset the whole system and go back in with your admin password. We have thirty seconds guys! Move it, move it! Time is ticking! They aint't paying us by the hour! And so on.
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You just summed up what I do at work D:

-Angry Lawyer
 
Hmm. I'm guessing "work experience" is just what we Americans refer to as an internship?
 
Angry Lawyer said:
You just summed up what I do at work D:
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Pi Mu Rho said:
You just sat in the office and played Solitaire all day, didn't you?
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Guess who's got LOADS of work experience :naughty:
 
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