Reality Show Contestants Vie for Sony PlayStation Game Tester Gig

Wired.com recently reported that Sony revealed a very diverse group of 11 contestants (ranging in age from 22 to 36) that will compete for a spot as a PlayStation game tester on a reality show called The Tester. The show, which takes place on the PlayStation Network, consist of eight episodes where each contestant will be challenged physically and mentally. In the end one of the contestants will walk away with a contract with Sony and a $5,000 signing bonus.

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Could Glitch Game Testers be a model to spark minority interest in computer science?

Georgia Tech and Morehouse College are partners in a research initiative aimed at using young African American men's passion for video games to increase their interest in computer science careers. The program -- Glitch -- is funded by the National Science Foundation and consists of a dozen Atlanta-area teens working as game testers for the likes of Electronic Arts, Cartoon Network, and GameTap. Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing PhD student Betsy DiSalvo, Glitch's lead researcher, played a crucial role in the project's birth.

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Two slept on tech careers with high potential

Recently Yahoo! HotJobs revealed 5 low-profile careers with high potential in today's job market quietly making an impact behind the scenes. One of the careers profiled was Video Game Designer, which we've mentioned in a previous post as a great career starter. According to Yahoo! HotJobs, the current salary for Video Game Designers (including all multimedia and animators) is $62,380. Another career profiled (that we haven't mentioned before) was User Experience Designer (UX for short) or Human Computer Interaction (HCI). A User Experience Designer

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