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The job search is done!

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The job search is done! [#permalink] New post   30 Dec 2009, 14:06
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Hey everyone,

it's been a while since I posted outside of the Berkeley-Haas thread, but just wanted to share the joy (hope this is the right forum to post it, not sure after all the restructuring going on). As of last week, I signed with Zynga (Facebook/Social Games - e.g. Mafia Wars, Poker, Farmville) and ended my search for jobs (chose it over LucasArts). Now I can fully enjoy my final semester with no worries about a job or leadership positions (we transitioned all our stuff at the end of the year).

Anyway, from the looks of it, the job market is doing a lot better this year than the last for full time positions. I think almost half of my classmates have found at least one job offer and have signed, with many more companies coming on campus next semester for recruiting. Definitely better than the 60-70% full time offers last year at graduation.

Hopefully I'll be able to pop my head in here more often next year, and good luck to my fellow 2010'ers with the job search! Let me know if there's anything I can help you with (networking with west coast companies, tech industry, gaming, defense industry, etc...)

Cheers!
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Re: The job search is done! [#permalink] New post   30 Dec 2009, 14:09
wow!!! congratulations!

:musband :woohoo :beer
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Re: The job search is done! [#permalink] New post   30 Dec 2009, 14:24
Cheers Praet! Your chat PM reminded me to post about it. See you tonight! :)
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Re: The job search is done! [#permalink] New post   30 Dec 2009, 14:31
Congrats Kryzak.

Can your first thing be to make it so I have a global zygna switch on bookface so, knowing how much mafia wars and farmville updates annoy me, they don't tell me any?!

I jest (in part). Glad it seems things are getting better, and happy to hear you got exactly the type of thing I remember you were looking for as you applied to school.
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Re: The job search is done! [#permalink] New post   30 Dec 2009, 14:41
thanks 3underscore! You do know you can block notices from the applications on FB, right? :) Then again, I shouldn't be telling you this, hahaha!
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Re: The job search is done! [#permalink] New post   30 Dec 2009, 14:48
Oh, I have blocked my budding Mafiosi and Farmer friends from updating me about their amazing achievements. I just wish I could block the next game you have in advance?!
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Re: The job search is done! [#permalink] New post   30 Dec 2009, 14:49
congrats kryzak! i went to zynga's presentation on campus and was amazed how well they were doing.

it would be kind of neat to have a "where are they now" thread for the 2010 class here, just to see where everybody is headed. ill be taking a strategy role at korean conglomerate next year myself.
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Re: The job search is done! [#permalink] New post   30 Dec 2009, 15:05
dabots wrote:
congrats kryzak! i went to zynga's presentation on campus and was amazed how well they were doing.

it would be kind of neat to have a "where are they now" thread for the 2010 class here, just to see where everybody is headed. ill be taking a strategy role at korean conglomerate next year myself.


That's actually a great idea! I'll start one now! :)

Congrats to you too dabots!
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Re: The job search is done! [#permalink] New post   30 Dec 2009, 15:18
dabots wrote:
congrats kryzak! i went to zynga's presentation on campus and was amazed how well they were doing.

it would be kind of neat to have a "where are they now" thread for the 2010 class here, just to see where everybody is headed. ill be taking a strategy role at korean conglomerate next year myself.


congrats dabots!!! :-D :good :beer
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Re: The job search is done! [#permalink] New post   02 Jan 2010, 17:41
congrats Kry! Into the industry you want and with a growing company... watch out for the Chinese companies though, they are the current big boys in the social game space... and digital chocolate will be making a move into social games this year.
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Re: The job search is done! [#permalink] New post   02 Jan 2010, 22:30
congrats! as someone who is madly addicted to farmville i wish you all the best to come up with additional ways for me to waste my post studying hours!
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Re: The job search is done! [#permalink] New post   06 Jan 2010, 00:31
In terms of what i'm doing... I co-founded a start-up in China, in the social commerce/social network/social game space .. targetted within China.
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Re: The job search is done! [#permalink] New post   06 Jan 2010, 03:11
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Wholehearted Congratulations.
A friend of mine graduated from HAAS last year and it was definitely tough. He finally settled with PWC in their new consulting arm.
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Re: The job search is done! [#permalink] New post   11 Jan 2010, 23:19
Congratulations, kryzak! What kind of work will you be doing with Zynga?
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Re: The job search is done! [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2010, 17:12
Yahsek wrote:
Congratulations, kryzak! What kind of work will you be doing with Zynga?


Product Manager on one of their games. I won't know the details until I start sometime in July. :) Thanks!
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Re: The job search is done! [#permalink] New post   24 Jan 2010, 10:08
Sounds like a great opportunity. Their games are simple but very addictive.
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