Anyone having a hell of a time in their 'dark ages'?

[Rayhawk]

It's hard to say what the best way is to get hired into Lego, it's a lot different now than when I started. (That story can be found here.) In my day we spent a lot of time looking at people with degrees in product design and, surprisingly, vehicle design, since vehicle design actually gives a lot of the design skills you need for working with engineered geometric forms. I'm not with the company any more, but today I think they cast a wider net, going for things like graphic and entertainment designers, and Otis has a pretty good department now that gives degrees specifically for toy design.

But whatever angle you choose for making your resume look pretty, you have to catch the attention of people who know people. Fortunately that's a lot easier than it used to be, what with all the Lego Ambassadors and executives showing up at Lego conventions and just a lot more interaction between the company and the community in general. A lot of people have gotten in by making a pile of cool professional-level stuff and and posting it on the internet where some friend of a Lego manager can find it and think it's cool enough to pass around.

[Tzan]

(That story can be found here.)

Haha great story.

So basically:

Step 1: Be no more than 6'-0" tall
Step 2: Be an obsessed Lego fan, with something to show, art, designs.
Step 3: Stalk a Lego related person. Assuming you are not at an art show.
Step 4: Go to Vegas
Step 5: Work at Lego

[Atomsk]

Step 1: Be no more than 6'-0" tall

My life's ambition, destroyed.

[Rayhawk]

It's okay. I'm 6'1", but I was slouching that day.

[piltogg]

who ray graphic desingers have a small chance now!
possibly also someone in web design for their hudge website. might get in

[Atomsk]

It's okay. I'm 6'1", but I was slouching that day.

I'd look like Quasimodo if I slouched that much

It's ok though, what I lack in shortness, I make up for with charisma and animal magnetism.

[*CRAZYHORSE*]

First order of business, if you don't know what the 'dark ages' is, it's the period when you're a teenager, and you're not a kid any so Lego isn't as socially acceptable, and you may not have the means to fund your hobby. I'm in my dark ages and it sucks, because my older brothers rip on me all the time for still enjoying Lego, and the FBI insists that we get rid of them because they're taking up 'so much' room. I recently got a job though, so I can actually afford to buy Lego. Anyone else having an arduous time keeping up this hobby?

actually it's the same with my I'm in the middle of my "Dark ages" and I also have a brother that does the same and a mother that says the same.

[ex-pastor]

]my older brothers rip on me all the time for still enjoying Lego,

simple solution, do what I did and get him into brikwars. Unless he's not really into board games, then I'm sorry but it's a lost cause.

[Greenkey15]

The key to getting through these is 1: getting people into Brikwars so it becomes socially acceptable and 2: Whenever someone give you a funny look you just say " Yes, I know, it's childish and immature". The dumbasses will always say "yeah..."

And yes, it HAS been my dream to work at lego for a very long time.

[pesgores]

Does working at LEGO® give you cheaper, or even free sets?

[IVhorseman]

Does working at LEGO® give you cheaper, or even free sets?

Depends on where you're working. Also by your definition of "free" (Management giving you a set vs. grabbing pieces when nobody's looking).

[Professor Ken]

Yeah, it's tough being stuck in the Dark Ages. I discovered Brikwars about half a year before I started to enter mine. No one seems to object to me playing Brikwars with the supplies I have, mainly because only the males in my family have any interest in wargames, but my mother tends to give me the evil eye when I buy more of them, particularly when I buy things off Bricklink. (Poor, unfortunate people who didn't play with Lego when they were young!)

[MasterEcabob]

I had a bit of a mini Dark Age last year where I lost interest in LEGO and only bought a new Star Wars set every once in a while.

Then I discovered BrikWars over the summer and got to work just building random ships and minifigs to have battles with.

Unfortunately, this was also before I had my own camera, so most of my early (and cooler) battles are undocumented.

[Jaye Tea]

Im deep into my dark ages, and I have a hard time storing all my legos, and its tough to have friends over. they'd totally chew me out if they knew I still found legos awesome.

[Natalya]

First order of business, if you don't know what the 'dark ages' is, it's the period when you're a teenager, and you're not a kid any so Lego isn't as socially acceptable, and you may not have the means to fund your hobby. I'm in my dark ages and it sucks, because my older brothers rip on me all the time for still enjoying Lego, and the FBI insists that we get rid of them because they're taking up 'so much' room. I recently got a job though, so I can actually afford to buy Lego. Anyone else having an arduous time keeping up this hobby?

You will only regret giving it up. I personally don't believe that you should quit something because of your age. Lego will always be part of my life because it's how I grew up. I was raised by Lego and the internet, so to me if I suddenly shunned it as being childish, that would be shunning a part of my self.