Most people think that playing video games at home is a waste of time, and nothing good will ever come out of playing video game all day long. But those who love video games know that they can get paid to play them, thats right. If you really have a pssion for playing video games you can become a video game tester. Now before you get all excited, and think that you will become rich playing video games, you got another thing coming to you.

I have made this hub to offer free information on how you can go about getting a job as a video game tester. This is for people who are looking to make a few extra dollars as a video game tester. I will try to cover everything you need to know on this page. Hopefully you will find my hub very useful.

IT can be tough sometimes to become a video game tester. Generally speaking, the entire Video Game Industry can be pretty difficult to get into, in my opinion. There is a lot of competition for becoming a video game tester. Look how many gamers there are around the world, most wouldn't mind getting paid for what they do.

So, yes in my opinion it is can be a bit difficult to get into the video game industry as a video game tester. I found a lot of useful information on this site: How To Become A Video Game Tester

The hours a video game tester works can vary from company to company. Usually, a video game tester works 8 hours a day, just like any other job. However, sometimes they have to work over time to meet certain deadlines. Video game testers have been known to work as much as 12+ hours to meet deadlines. Nobody said it would be easy work.

Again, depending on the company, and the game testers experience determines how much a he/she makes. Some companies offer 8 bucks per hour to test video games. I have seen some cpmaines pay as much as 80 dollars per hour! now that is a lot of money.

The better and quicker you are at finding game defects the more you are going to get paid. One of my old buddies used to be a video game tester he said he was making $35k salary per year.

He had also mentioed that he new somone who made a lot more then him. He said one tester was make arounf 80k a year, which is amazing. I don't know about you, but 80k per year would make my life a bit easier.

One of the biggest misconceptions about game testing is that most people assume that it is all about having fun and playing games. If you are one of those people, than game testin might not be for you.

when you become a video game tester, you are no longer playing for fun, you are playing the game to find the errors. You will have to write down everyhing you find, and report it back to the game developers, so they can fix it.

Game testing takes a lot of hard work. It is a job, jobs are not fun. Most people ue the video game tester postioin as a way to get into the gaming world. Most do this while they are in collge to earn a few extra bucks, and when they get there college degree they move up in the video game industry.