Frogboy - Is Stardock hiring?

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Hi Frogboy (or any other helpful Stardockian),

Is Stardock hiring programmers right now? I'm finishing my computer science degree right now (four more months and I'm freeeeee! . I wouldn't normally consider moving away from Vancouver (that would be Vancouver, Canada), but Stardock has the coolness factor going for it.

I have more than 2 years experience already, by the way. I've worked 16 months at EA (as part of my university's co-op program), so I'm not altogether ignorant about the games industry.

I've checked out www.stardock.com, but the presence of a "Work At Stardock" page was not apparent to me. This being the case, I hope someone from Stardock will glance at this post. If you could tell me whether Stardock is hiring programmers and where to send my resume if it is, I would be grateful.

Thanks,
DigiCrab
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Yep.  We're hiring developers.  We are hiring up for our next game -- Society (www.societygame.com). Send your resume to [email protected], feel free to CC me [email protected]
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Thanks for the quick reply.

/me goes off to brush up the resume.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Brad, get some sleep! What do you think your doing posting on the forums at 2 in the morning?! hehehe

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Any need for network and security engineers?
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Not hiring writers too by any chance?

Society looks fantastic. I hadn't seen a thing about it, but I'll definitely keep an eye on it now.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Society looks fantastic. I hadn't seen a thing about it, but I'll definitely keep an eye on it now.


Yea I can't wait for Society. I am also a graduating CS Major (and getting a Math degree also) but I don't think I could make the move to Detroit. Open up a Philadelphia office!
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
As a fellow Canadian working in the US I can give you some advice. If you have a CS degree and 2 years work experience then under NAFTA you can get a TN-VISA for working in the US. It takes about 5 minutes at US customs at the Canada/US border to get it and costs US$50. You will need your passport, University transcipts, resume, and a job offer for not long than one year. The TN-Visa is only good for a year so the job offer letter you show customs must only be for a year also (when I moved to the US to received to job offer letters, one open-ended and one saying one year for US customs). Also, the letter from the employer should say they could not find anyone local to fill the job. When the year is up you can get another one at the border, again for a year; I don't think there are any limits on how many times you do this.

Also, you don't want to have to pay taxes to Revenue Canada on your US earnings (you will have to pay taxes to the IRS) so make sure to cut your residency ties to Canada (close accounts in Canada except for your RRSPs, get a US driver's license and cancel your BC one after you arrive, getting US plates for your car from Canada will be a pain so you might want to sell it.

Good luck!
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Glad I don't have to go through all that junk just to work.