Do you love to play Magic The Gathering? (Renton, WA)
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/sof/1309824161.htmlDate: 2009-08-06, 4:44PM PDT
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Do you love to play Magic The Gathering and have experience with technology?
We are looking for a consultant to provide an initial assessment of the applicability of rules and constraint based programming to the on-line version of the game Magic: The Gathering.
The initial engagement is for one to two weeks and the bulk of the work can be done remotely with flexible hours.
Mandatory qualifications are as follows:
1. At least 3 years of Magic: The Gathering play experience.
2. Active user of Magic: The Gathering Online
3. A Pro Tour Level Player or certified Magic Judge
4. At least 3 years of rule based programming experience in at least two of the following tools:
a)Eclipse Rules/ Oracle Policy Automation
b)Clips
c)Jess
d)Corticon Rules
e)BizTalk Rules
f)JBoss Rules
g)Art Enterprise
h)OPS 83
i)ILog/IBM Rules
5. A theoretical understanding of the Rete algorithm and other rule processing optimizations
6. Experience with all of the following:
a)Natural or domain language rule expression
b)Programming language rule expression
c)Visual rule editing and diagramming
Most of the work can be done remotely, however some on-site meetings will be required. Estimate of 20-80 hours of total work over two weeks, could be an on-going need if you like the work
If you are interested in applying, please send me your current word.doc resume and let me know a good time to give you a call.
* Location: Renton, WA
* Compensation: Competitive
* Telecommuting is ok.
* This is a part-time job.
* This is a contract job.
* Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
* Please, no phone calls about this job!
* Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
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I got a big kick when I found this paper (http://www.nici.ru.nl/mmm/papers/JG06.pdf) as I've been playing Settlers of Catan for many years. This looks like a really cool job. Too bad I don't meet the mandatory qualifications. Am I underestimating the amount of available expertise out there or are those qualifications a little too restrictive?
ReplyDeleteHey Gary,
ReplyDeleteReally cool about Settlers of Catan. It is a nice application of expert systems.
The ad seems a bit restrictive indeed, considering that Rule engines are a niche market, Magic is quite popular, but still niche, and they want 3 years of experience in each field + being registered player or judge + additional stuff. :) I played quite a lot of Magic, but I mostly stopped a few years ago.
In any case, I wish they find someone!
Stainless games could go this route too, IMHO. :) The AI for their implementation for the XBox Live is really weak.
Cheers,
Edson
I would be surprised if there was more then 1 or 2 people in the world that met the mandatory + 1 or more of the options. Might be a bit tricky to find someone. But for Gary - I would think similar game experience should do it ! Would be a fun little project !
ReplyDeletexplorers.nl already bots for settlers of catan that can negotiate. And it has a nice GUI too :)
ReplyDeleteMagic the gathering is awesome, but it looks like i'm a bit too late to get in on this. I have been playing Magic for as long as I can remember and I think it is everyone's dream to have a job doing something you love.
ReplyDeleteI have started my attempt at this here: http://www.mtgcardsleeves.com
Hopefully someday I can be successful at this.