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old_School
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Posted: 12th May 2011 21:33 Edited at: 12th May 2011 21:35
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I seen this on their job board and I know people here would love a chance to work on this guys projects. I know we dont so team requests here but I think this is worth a exception. This is the guy who makes all of those famous facebook games. So Im sure some talented dev's here would love a chance to work for this guy. Im guessing he uses his own custom engine but just looking for 2D artist on their site most likely. Anyway I think its a great oppertunity for anyone if you can get your foot in the door.


ZYNGA is hiring!!!
by Vince Livings · in Jobs · 02/08/2011 (1:50 pm) · 10 replies

Zynga (the creator of FarmVille, FrontierVille, CityVille) is looking for experienced Product Managers, Software Engineers, and Game Designers! Come work for the hottest social game company on the planet. The industry is still young and you can still carve yourself a slice of this very lucrative pie. Unbelievable benefits, perks, salary, and bonuses! Zynga has studios in Baltimore, Boston, NYC, Austin, Dallas, San Francisco, LA, Seattle, Ireland, India, Beijing, and Tokyo. Hurry up and send me your resume. Tell your friends too (if they are qualified)!

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Interplanetary Funk
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Posted: 12th May 2011 22:51
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do you reckon they'd take people on as apprentices?

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Jeku
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Posted: 13th May 2011 21:25
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Zynga is a factory... sort of like the EA or Activision of social gaming. If you want to work at a company that relies on copying instead of creating brand new concepts and ideas, then Zynga is right up your alley.


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Travis Gatlin
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Yeah, i have noticed a frequent pattern of extremely simular games from Zynga, not many of them are original.

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Interplanetary Funk
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Experience is experience though, especially if you have nowhere else to get it.

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old_School
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Not to mention his games make millions so who cares if they rip off his other games. He's making money doing it so he must be doing something right.
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Phaelax
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I don't really like Zynga. They have about 50 games all identical. Only thing they change is the artwork. So if you're an artist, that's the place to go. Programmers need only change the name of the project folder.

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Quote: " Programmers need only change the name of the project folder."


Sweet, I think that matches my programming skills.

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Neuro Fuzzy
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Quote: "Sweet, I think that matches my programming skills.
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Woah, I'm totally with you. Sign me up as a programmer for zinga!


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RedneckRambo
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Posted: 17th May 2011 04:57
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It's a little beyond my programming skills... Damn.

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Thraxas
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Quote: "It's a little beyond my programming skills... Damn."


As if your computer has the power necessary to change folder names in any case.

It was supposed to be a monkey / kangaroo fire-breathing hybrid. And it would be 70 km tall, and keep a giant laser in it's pouch.
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Jeku
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Posted: 17th May 2011 09:47 Edited at: 17th May 2011 09:48
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Quote: "Not to mention his games make millions so who cares if they rip off his other games. He's making money doing it so he must be doing something right."


You know Zynga isn't just one guy, right? They have more employees than Facebook at the moment

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Quote: "Experience is experience though, especially if you have nowhere else to get it."


Yah, I guess I can't talk since I worked at EA for many years haha.


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Libervurto
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Quote: "Not to mention his games make millions so who cares if they rip off his other games. He's making money doing it so he must be doing something right."

You just summed up everything that's wrong with western civilisation.

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Phaelax
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Quote: "He's making money doing it so he must be doing something right"

I'm sure Enron execs thought the same thing

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old_School
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Lol ok so lets get real here. Yes we love the games we make but lets be honest guys. Were here to make money as well and we want more then just 5 or 10 people to enjoy a game we make. Personally I want millions to enjoy a game I make. However, it tends to be 5 to 10 people who enjoy my game. So it would be cool to have a chance to work on a pro project and make a game millions would play and view. Just my thoughts.
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Posted: 22nd May 2011 13:09 Edited at: 22nd May 2011 13:10
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Quote: "So it would be cool to have a chance to work on a pro project and make a game millions would play and view. Just my thoughts."


Totally agreed, but you don't need to rip off other's games to do it, nor do you need to depend on downright unethical design to do it ("Play this every day otherwise all your achievements/stuff disappear" seems to be a running theme in most of their games)

Very interesting talk that is relevant: Jon Blow on the human condition (and Zynga)

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Quote: "Yah, I guess I can't talk since I worked at EA for many years haha."


wait does that count as a job..? *joke*

speaking of EA, i wonder what happened to spore (not darkspore, but the original spore series) iam asking since i just picked up spore again, I had forgotten how much fun it was to create your creatures... too bad for all the technical limitations =/

offtopic ftw!
alright, sorry for that... x)

and for the record, I am a man.

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