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Video game company Testronic to open testing facility in NOLA, 150 jobs
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:16 am
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:16 am
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:18 am to Fun Bunch
those are pretty shitty jobs. ask any tester at EA in baton rouge.
but it's better than nothing i guess.
but it's better than nothing i guess.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:18 am to Fun Bunch
I remember when EA (I think) opened up a testing facility right by LSU when I was in undergrad
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:19 am to sanora
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those are pretty shitty jobs. ask any tester at EA in baton rouge.
Yeah. Everyone has such delusions of grandeur about being a tester when in reality it's, "hey, run into this wall for 6 hours to see if you glitch through."
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:21 am to sanora
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those are pretty shitty jobs. ask any tester at EA in baton rouge.
sorry you hate your job
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:28 am to Fun Bunch
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Testronic
Never heard of them. What games did they release?
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:30 am to sanora
It sounds like the pay will be pretty good.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:32 am to Fun Bunch
The Texas living people who post here will hate this.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:43 am to sanora
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those are pretty shitty jobs. ask any tester at EA in baton rouge.
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"Testronic will provide entry-level technology jobs in New Orleans as a gateway to the digital gaming and interactive entertainment industry," the company said in a statement. "Testing employees will gain valuable technology and communications skills for advancing in the industry."
Work for our college grads so they can hang around a bit after graduation. Or other young people. Eventually if we don't get some higher end jobs, they will leave.
But a big criticism of this state is we don't have enough entry level professional jobs.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:46 am to LSUFanHouston
Agreed. These kinds of jobs are a good start for us
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:55 am to Fun Bunch
Tech industry is doing well in Nola. Accruent, DXC, Revelry, and a few other places are all going to be hiring big time in 2020.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:56 am to notiger1997
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It sounds like the pay will be pretty good.
maybe 10 bucks an hour
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:56 am to yaboidarrell
Is DXC actually hiring people from the area? There were rumors damn near every job was being filled by H1Bs
Posted on 11/8/19 at 12:01 pm to ctiger69
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The Texas living people who post here will hate this.
Not as much as the NOLA Culture people will when they realize that Tech Money People don't like brass bands playing near their neighborhood.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 12:02 pm to JohnnyKilroy
quote:It's been a mix of H1Bs and local college/bootcamp grads. DXC had a hiring freeze the second half of this year but they supposedly have a few big contracts coming up in 2020 and will be hiring again in Q1.
Is DXC actually hiring people from the area? There were rumors damn near every job was being filled by H1Bs
Posted on 11/8/19 at 12:04 pm to Fun Bunch
This beat is Testnotronic.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 12:06 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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Is DXC actually hiring people from the area? There were rumors damn near every job was being filled by H1Bs
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If this is accurate, then it may be mixed.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 12:07 pm to sanora
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maybe 10 bucks an hour
That's more than EA pays.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 12:12 pm to yaboidarrell
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Tech industry is doing well in Nola. Accruent, DXC, Revelry, and a few other places are all going to be hiring big time in 2020.
Professional, implementation, and consulting services always exist in every market. What you want are people in your area with customers from outside your area.
I think some of that is happening but my beef with some of these deals is that local companies pay taxes that are in turn used to subsidize their larger competitors (DXC, for example). It’s somewhat messed up.
DXC is moving towards the h1b route as far as I can tell but they have been hiring some locals too. All my technical interactions with DXC as a customer were with foreigners, but YMMV.
The QA companies like EA and Testronic are bringing in jobs that don’t cannibalize local jobs. my understanding is that they pay about what Walmart pays but I have no first hand knowledge.
This post was edited on 11/8/19 at 12:23 pm
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