I Applied For The Writer Position! *UPDATE*

Good luck! I wish I could apply but my skills and experience are lacking, so if you get it, go in there and write stories we can all be proud of!

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Man I’d love to have applied…I explore and write lore and character interactions in my spare time but don’t have any game industry experience.

Plus the job isn’t in the UK so…sucks for us Brits :frowning:

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Good luck! You are now officially the community favourite. They must hire you now!

(Torches and pitchforks are on standby for if they dont)

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In September, I’m going to enroll to a Master program in Data Science and Big Data. I’ll definitely apply and my dream is to be in a team that collects statistics and create models to improve competitive play.

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Thank you so much!! :sob:

I can only hope! :sparkling_heart:

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Dreaming about it your whole life but barely having any of the qualifications (as you stated in another post) isn’t going to put you on the short list. And the criteria are pretty hefty.

https://careers.blizzard.com/en-us/openings/oP6X6fwI

My advice would be if this is truly your life’s dream, then you should start working on meeting those criteria and qualifications, beginning with the educational requirements.

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I have been through quite a lot recently. Things that have stopped me from doing the things I wanted and that have put me through the ringer in my life to challenge me, but now, for the first time, I felt a calling to just ā€œgo for itā€ because I may never get the opportunity again.

I feel the skills one possesses can be shown through what you can do by giving an example and hoping they see what they want by being diligent, patient, hardworking and hopeful. If they like my resume (to which I am hoping they do!) then that right there may just prove that I have the qualifications regardless of training. I am not saying I am any better than anybody with a degree, no, not at all, but I am still confident in my ability to at least help bring change and new ideas to them through my words and actions, and especially, the skills I have to help contribute to their wide array of unique characters and their amazing universe.

Sometimes, just going for your dreams, and putting in the work, the effort, and everything you know you can do, will be the best asset one can have :wink: I have been writing for a very long time now, and I feel that if they don’t like what I can do now, then at least I know I have given what I could do. I don’t plan on giving up, but what I have given them was a taste of what I can show them.

I have heard stories from people where there were people who have received a job without any qualifications simply because they are good at it, work hard, and had the ambition to thrive for what they wanted. I know I may not have a shot, but I believe that if they like what I have sent them, then they are more then welcome to take the chance if they wish :sparkling_heart: I promise them they would NOT be making a mistake.

Overwatch is about heroes and their abilities to help change the future for the better. To have hope, to believe in dreams, and to acquire them through the means of pursuit by not loosing sight of what you believe in. I believe that their ideals sends a strong message that gives everybody, no matter who you are, a chance to show what you can do, no matter the background or limitations. What I love about Blizzard is that they look for what they want, and give the people a fighting chance to show what they can do and for that, am very grateful and it would be nothing short of an honor to work for people like that. It’s one of the reasons I wanted to even try for them.

Never sell yourself short. I believe that if you have the skill and the talent to help change the world for the better, then you shouldn’t stop yourself. You never know if there will be another bright tomorrow, so doing what you can now, by giving it everything you have, may just be the best thing you ever do. Besides? If you don’t get it? No worries. Just keep on trying until you can. I know I will not give up.

ā€œNever accept the world as it appears to be, dare to see it for what it could be.ā€

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Once I get into college and such I’m going to start building up a resume to become a Character Concept artist for blizzard myself :heart:

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Good luck I hope you get the position :smiley: I would love to see if they have another ā€œcommunity manager position for the OW Team would love to be a voice of our great community :heart:

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Thank you so much! I truly appreciate it! :sparkling_heart: That would be amazing! If something like that occurs? Go for it! It would be amazing!

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Good luck (ps add more DVA and orisa lore)

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Thanks again for everything guys! Honestly!

You better be into Pharmercy, LOL. Good luck!

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If they pick you make Reaper making Overwatch costumes animated short please

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once u get the job
be sure to leak hero 27

jk

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You guys are great! Thank you for all of your encouragement! I feel like I should have put more of my work into the resume though! I want to send them something else but I have no idea on how to do that :frowning:

Nuuuuuu! Does anyone know if Mr. Kaplan has a twitter? lol

Wish you all the luck in getting the job! If you do, please try your best to flesh the characters out. Like how Roadhog and junkrat were recruited into overwatch can be epic if done correctly. Well, the recruitment of most of the people who are considerably new to overwatch while it’s running illegally. Why Sombra is working for Talon, when they are just apart of the same giant conspiracy she’s trying to solve. Just ideas to plot out if there is a story mode added.

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That is epic.

Jelly is extremely happy right now for you😁

If you get the position, give us lots of lorešŸ™

And I will be forever in you debtšŸ˜Ž

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JellyandJam posting on my post! :scream::sparkling_heart: dies

Thank you so much! That means so much to me! I want nothing more to than to immerse the fans into the world that Overwatch is and can be. I would do anything to pitch my ideas to them and to creatively unfold my visions to the wondrous team that is Overwatch so that we can expand the lore and to get out more of it faster. All I want is to help, and to make the characters the very best they can be.

I hope they give me a chance. Just one <3

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Let’s do thisšŸ˜€

I’m feeling good today. Jelly wishes you the best of luck😁

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