How to, theoretically, earn a living with Larp.

This is entirely theoretical, as I have a day job. Most career advice is 'follow your passion'. What if you passion is constructing fake weapons out of plumbing supplies? What if your passion tends to have more to do with leather, chain, and plate rather than spreadsheets and office work? These days there is not much call for larp as a career choice. But there just may be some tangential career paths that could be relevant to larp.

Status update

My experience of job hunting has been true to the old adage "Finding work is a full time job."  My dream of game design does not seem to be turning into a career in game design.  But you know what, that's not a terrible thing.  Perhaps 'hobby game design' would be better for me.  Or maybe even just 'gamer with inside knowledge'.  Besides Financial Services pays way better and helping people with their financial troubles is really rewarding.

So if you know anyone looking for a Fund Accountant, Credit Analyst, Underwriter, of Customer Service Representative let me know.  Actually I'll take just about anything entry level in financial services at this point. Probably not sales (unless it has salary plus commission).  Got to update my worker bee resume on the Zorts page.

At some point I do want to have enough time to be able to blog more.  Thank you all for hanging with me (all 30 of you).  And my G+ followers (of which there seem to be many more).

Jobs in computer games, where are they?

Having watched Gamasutra's career developer newsletter, and a couple other sources, it seems there is a trend in the jobs posted.  Most of the work is in code or art.  Having forsaken coding many years ago in order to favor business it's becoming apparent that if someone's goal is to get a job at a computer game company quickly they should have a coding education.  In that light was it a mistake or a good choice to go with business as a degree?

What we all see posted are the jobs which require people in the seats right now either because someone left or because the company needs to get work done faster.  Are those jobs really in the position to move up the chain?  Well yes.  But they aren't in the position to be higher up the chain now.  Technical knowledge gets your foot in the door and you can work your way up in the business.  But where are business jobs posted?

An interesting throught occurred to me today...  The kind of jobs which require leadership are never posted.  Existing companies don't post open jobs for the creative person who started the company.  That job was already filled before a company could exist to post the job.  You cant search for the kind of jobs I really want to look for, because they don't exist.  After a couple months of doing this has brought up a different thought...  Maybe they are never posted because they are impossible to fill.  Or perhaps they are never posted because they are the easiest job to just DO, and by jumping in and just doing that job you can make a place for yourself.

Ultimately I love business as a study, and it is universally applicable to any jobs at any time in the future.  I would not and could not make any other choice and do not regret my decision.  Likewise I will always be making games in some way.  Looking back there has always been a game that was getting some design effort, so that will continue in the future irregardless of any job in the future.  This helps make me realize that being a game designer is not my ultimate goal...  Working in the industry in some capacity is my goal.  It's worth spending time doing the networking and learning the industry for that.