Paid for playing games all day long

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Do you spend hours playing games? Is gaming a passion for you? If the answer is yes, you could make a career out of it.
Pramod, a graduate in information technology and a commerce graduate Vivek are among many, who have chosen this career for themselves. Their job is to play new games and test them for flaws. In technical terms they are the game testers.

" We used to play the game first to understand it. After that, we started as a tester, so we have dual roles to play. As a player first and also as a tester,” says Vivek.
Over 300 companies are a part of the 150 million dollar gaming industry in India. Many companies make games for their overseas clients. But before their commercial launch, the games need to be tested and certified. And that's why game testers are critical to this industry.
Presently the Indian gaming industry needs 8,000 to 10,000 game testers, but all the companies, put together, have less than 500 people for this job.

To bridge this huge gap, the companies are now planning to start game lounges throughout the country, where people would be invited to play for free. And those with good gaming skills will be offered a job.
"You're paid to work in some other companies, here you are paid to play. And that's critical. So, anyone who wants to build a career in game testing should have passion for games. And he must enjoy playing games on a 24/7 basis,” says Games Shastra, CEO, Prakash Ahuja.

The Indian gaming industry is growing at a rate of nearly 100 per cent a year. In the next five years, it is expected to be a billion dollar industry. And on offer would be more than one lakh jobs. So in the coming future we will have many more games, thanks to all the game testers playing hard at work.