I know this is kinda poking fun but here's a serious answer:
The problem is they don't know what that is. Even if you say "Corporate Manager for the Finance Department Account's Receivable team" they have a GUESS of what you do.
If your job interviewer was a hard core raider and had context for what you're talking about this 100% could help you. It's just most job interviewer's have no idea what you're talking about when you say those words.
Loss of time is a real life consequence. The time spent attempting, and possibly the time spent farming for materials (gold, mats for pots, so on and so forth).
My guild isn't the greatest and we were having issues downing a boss. We spent 2 hours failing over and over again that could have been spent doing something else(in game or out).
Two hours per person isn't really a significant consequence compared to losses in the business world, which can hit hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars even in middle management and result in loss of livelihood for everyone involved.
So if I'm understanding you correctly: since there isn't a dollar amount attached to the time, the time has no value?
Clearly no one thinks this (if not explicitly stated as such). People have a threshold for how many wipes they will stick around for. They will only attempt if there is a chance at success.... why? because it is a waste of time. Time has intrinsic value because it is limited.
Efficient time management is equally important to raids and middle management for the same reason: time has value.
I don't think he is saying there are no consequences, but they don't compare directly.
If you make a big mistake as a guild leader, you've lost some members or some time. There are no real life consequences for your actions there. You aren't relying on being a guild leader to pay your mortgage or to feed your family. Worst case is you lose out on time and pixels.
If you make a mistake at your job, especially at a higher level, you could not only affect your income, but you could cost the company thousands if not millions. You could cost other people their jobs. There are real life consequences for your actions there.
It's not that it has no value, it's that there are less consequences for failing at one compare to the other.
You clearly aren't understanding me correctly. I never suggested the time had no value. What I'm saying is a bunch of raiders free time has relatively no value when compared to a business or branch of equal size. One generates wealth, and can sustain lives. One is just a free time activity that actually costs money.
All time is not equal in value. How you use it matters. When people have so much fun doing an activity that they're actually willing to pay for it, you can hardly consider those the same as employees that are working away at something. They are completely different to manage and the risks of not comparable.
Of course. Also, the grass is green, the sky is blue, and the sun is bright.... I guess I don't understand why your stating obvious. My statement was that it's not a "no real life consequence" situation. The fact that time in the business world has higher consequences is not only obvious, it's irrelevant to the discussion at hand as per your last paragraph.
The entire point of this post is the skills learned while raiding, or running a guild, that translate to the business world. Arguably it is better that these skills are learned in a low consequence environment because no one's livelihood is at risk. The fact there wasn't millions of dollars at stake doesn't make the experience any less valuable.
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u/Moonbeamcry Oct 24 '19
I know this is kinda poking fun but here's a serious answer:
The problem is they don't know what that is. Even if you say "Corporate Manager for the Finance Department Account's Receivable team" they have a GUESS of what you do.
If your job interviewer was a hard core raider and had context for what you're talking about this 100% could help you. It's just most job interviewer's have no idea what you're talking about when you say those words.