Andy Robson is the MD of Testology,which helps rid games such as Batman: Arkham Knight and Tearaway Unfolded of glitches and bugs to ensure smooth, stress-free playHow did you secure into games testing?[br]I was a footballer, and then I went in to the building trade – for my sins – and spent a few years carrying bricks up and down ladders. I was really into games and had this sense of what makes people tick when they’re playing them. Then somebody said to me,“You know there’s a games company in Guildford you can test games for.” That company was Bullfrog. I went there in 1994 to enact two weeks’ work experience.
And took to it immediately?
I did. Now I’ve been doing it 22 years. I wasn’t academic, I didn’t depart to school much or have any qualifications. I knew how to switch a PC on; that was about it. But I had a passion for games, and I was outspoken and good with people. It’s droll,because I took those people skills from the building trade.
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Source: theguardian.com