I want to work for Nintendo. Whaddya think?

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I think today I've come to the realization of what I want to do with my life. I want to work for my favorite game companies... Nintendo.

I'm 20 years old and about to enter my 3rd year of college, and I'm going to graduate with double degrees in Advertising and Psychology. When I leave I'd also have a concentration in Japanese Culture. I also plan to leave to Japan for a year after I gradute (w/ the JET program teaching english). So... what do you think? I'm not opposed to getting experience elsewhere in the game industry... then hopping over to NOA. I know I have the passion and the drive to eventually make it to NOA... I love Nintendo as a game maker and respect them as a company. I also think I have a pretty extensive knowledge of how they operate as a company (and this epiphany makes me realize that I need to learn the workings of the industry more intimately if I want to enter it)

Any Tips, comments or anything else? Any of you older folks out there got any tips for me for the next half of college or beyond? Thanks in advance!
 
[quote name='phatbunbao']visit their website, look for job oportunities and move to seattle where I think they're located[/QUOTE]

They're 30-50 miles out of Seattle in Redmond right next door to Microsoft basically.
 
NintendoFanGirl works there, but she really isn't on here anymore... :sad: (I haven't seen her recently...) That's my dream job too, OP.
 
Landing a job at NOA off right away is very unlikly. Your best bet would be to take any job that is with any game dev. Some of the bigger named people, all started out in odd game jobs, as a tester or what not, and worked there way up. That is really the only way to do it. It is very unlikly to just go and make your own game from the start. It may take a few years, but it will be worth it in the end if this is what you really want to do. I honestly wish you all the best on your start into the gaming feild.
 
http://www.nintendo.com/corp/index.jsp, Employment Opps is the first link.

Looking up the jobs, they have 40 available. Just gotta see if you make the requirements they want, try to make yourself out shine all the other potential people and you're in.

The best bet with any job is that you get to know people in the industry, if there is any way that you can make a contact with anyone in the industry, that will help.

Good luck!
 
[quote name='pumbaa']I think today I've come to the realization of what I want to do with my life. I want to work for my favorite game companies... Nintendo.

I'm 20 years old and about to enter my 3rd year of college, and I'm going to graduate with double degrees in Advertising and Psychology. When I leave I'd also have a concentration in Japanese Culture. I also plan to leave to Japan for a year after I gradute (w/ the JET program teaching english). So... what do you think? I'm not opposed to getting experience elsewhere in the game industry... then hopping over to NOA. I know I have the passion and the drive to eventually make it to NOA... I love Nintendo as a game maker and respect them as a company. I also think I have a pretty extensive knowledge of how they operate as a company (and this epiphany makes me realize that I need to learn the workings of the industry more intimately if I want to enter it)

Any Tips, comments or anything else? Any of you older folks out there got any tips for me for the next half of college or beyond? Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]


Good luck to you!

I spent most of 1991 in Japan, CRAZY EXPENSIVE! Great experience, BUT EXPENSIVE AS HELL!
 
[quote name='y2jrevolution']Go for it. I wanted to work for the San Antonio Spurs and now I do.[/QUOTE]

I really want to work for the Warriors. Thats what i will devote my life to. Oh, and OP I dont know if you should move too far from where you are to possibly work for Nintendo. Just think before you make a big decision, and dont base your decisions off of people on message boards who think they know everything.
 
Sorry i've not posted a lot, but I'm about to go to grad school for electronic games (masters degree) and my suggestion is just to work on your own ideas and learn EVERY program you can (flash, 3d studio max, lightwave) to prepare......not sure if you want to stay in the business side, but this helps. Also get involved with creating games even if they are homebrew as that looks more impressive on a resume. Best of luck!
 
Just be aware that as with all jobs/companies that are in high demand, one of two situations likely exist:

1) Really bad working conditions
2) Low salary

One of those "advice" forwards you get in emails from time to time had some words of wisdom in it. While the world says "find what you love and do it" - and that's great advice if you're one of the .0001% of people who actually makes the NFL or finds a way to get paid to hang out with beautiful women all day - the reality is that you can either pick a job that everyone wants and slave your life away because if you don't like working 80 hours/week, there is a line of 5000 behind you who will; or, you can find a job that not so many people actually want, work great hours and get paid great wages, and enjoy stress-free nights, weekends, and vacation for the rest of your life.
 
As for the last post.......working solely for $$$$ and an easy life is soulless and horrible. You hardly hear any kids say "I want to wear a suit and take it easy on the weekends" and trust me...I think most little ones have life in a lot clearer focus than us "adults." But I guess if thats your bag....then make that money baby. But still....I say go for what makes you happy. As long as you make enough to scrape by and pay the bills, it's better to not dread going to work every day.
 
Advertising and Psychology. I had a classmate, she said Advertising was very hard to break into; people tried to sleep with her all the time. Psychology, hard to make money with.

I chose a field one of my Mentors recommended. It was in demand and somewhat easier to get a career, but hard work and long hours....... =( Hey, i once wanted to be a professional porno-star, (didn't we all?), but i don't think that would fly too well with the GF.
 
What exactly do you want to do for Nintendo? Do you want to do something related to your majors or do you want to be part of game development? I'm not sure if respecting Nintendo alone is enough to go work for them. That seems kind of superficial to me. (A silly example is like I like love Wendy's as a fast food chain and respect them as a company, doesn't mean I want to work for them.) I mean, I'm guessing you don't want to go there and be a janitor or something. (Nothing wrong with that... it's just kind of a waste of an education.) If you want to do something related to your educational experience, then of course, you should go try. If you want to go into game development, you're certainly not too young to change the course of your education (or get more education after your current stuff). I know plenty of people that went to schools like Digipen sort of late in the game (by late, I mean mid to late 20s). Actually Digipen is close to Nintendo, so maybe you should seriously consider taking a look at that school.

And I used to think that my love for video games meant I should go into game development... but it turned out I like playing them a lot more than making them.

And this is just my opinion... I'm not much older than OP, so I can't say I'm much wiser :)
 
[quote name='judyjudyjudy']What exactly do you want to do for Nintendo? Do you want to do something related to your majors or do you want to be part of game development? I'm not sure if respecting Nintendo alone is enough to go work for them. That seems kind of superficial to me. (A silly example is like I like love Wendy's as a fast food chain and respect them as a company, doesn't mean I want to work for them.) I mean, I'm guessing you don't want to go there and be a janitor or something. (Nothing wrong with that... it's just kind of a waste of an education.) If you want to do something related to your educational experience, then of course, you should go try. If you want to go into game development, you're certainly not too young to change the course of your education (or get more education after your current stuff). I know plenty of people that went to schools like Digipen sort of late in the game (by late, I mean mid to late 20s). Actually Digipen is close to Nintendo, so maybe you should seriously consider taking a look at that school.

And I used to think that my love for video games meant I should go into game development... but it turned out I like playing them a lot more than making them.

And this is just my opinion... I'm not much older than OP, so I can't say I'm much wiser :)[/QUOTE]

No no no. I love my major. I want to work in the game industry in relation to my major. I have no interest in game design. Also... I understand that while seperatly... Psychology and Advertising aren't the greatest majors... I think they work together and will give me a one up on anybody in the Advertising industry that only has 1 degree.
 
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