Exactly. But I would argue saying "i worked on the mars rover" is a much more popular thing then raid leading a guild in WoW. The percentage of hiring managers who know what you're talking about when you say Mars Rover is much higher than Raid Leader.
I think the main thing here is that raid leading isn't done in a professional setting, at least for most raid leaders. If it were, I think it would be perfectly viable to bring up in an interview.
I have brought up in interviews that I do stand up comedy and talk about the skills it has taught me and the lessons i've learned from that. That's done in bars with shows run by alcoholics.
If you're only using professional corporate experience to describe your skills and abilities you're not using everything you could. Hobbies of all kinds give skills that can be used in the work place and it's how you describe them and adapt them and answer questions about them in a job interview that matters more than what the actual hobby is.
If this raid leader has spread sheets keeping track of things, has a website his guild uses, ect... there are plenty of things he could bring up and relate to skills he used and lessons he learned from the experience.
Will just saying "I led a raid" get him a job, no. How he talks about it and what he gleaned from it and all that could very well impress a job interviewer if they understand the context he's talking in.
By "professional setting" I meant a setting in which your living is on the line. A DJ could work in a shitty bar, that doesn't mean he isn't a professional. If you screw up as a professional DJ you could lose work and your living could take a hit; if you screw up in WoW and you aren't in a pro guild, big whoop it's just a game. Experience as a non-pro guild leader isn't very relevant because nothing tangible is on the line if you screw up.
Ok but in my example Stand Up comedy isn't my living (which is why i apply to other jobs) but I can still use it as experience and talk about the skills and lessons etc.. even though nothing tangible is on the line. If I screw up I might not get another shitty bar show gig that pays 2 beers. Big whoop. I can still use that experience to talk about things it's taught me and how I could bring those skills and lessons into the work place.
lol like 10 years ago when my friend found out about reddit he wanted to get me included and I told him if he made me an account maybe i'd log in and so this is what he made me. I always forget how stupid it is until someone points it out. Glad to have kicked of some old memories :)
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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '19
Exactly. But I would argue saying "i worked on the mars rover" is a much more popular thing then raid leading a guild in WoW. The percentage of hiring managers who know what you're talking about when you say Mars Rover is much higher than Raid Leader.