Bit more than burger flippers. But where burger flippers get to go home and relax, the tester is still working out every possible bug they can to meet a certain release deadline. By the time you've finished an assignment, you'll pretty much be completely over a game because you've had to play through it so many times, during different phases of development.
50-150k a year depends on company and game
Not a lot, and they are not playing it for fun it is to get rid of glitches.
about $10 a day depending on the game
25-100 dollars
entry level 987,765$
Video game testers do get paid, but the salary depends on the manufacturer. they can get paid up to 90 $ an hour
There are several companies that employ video game testers. Some of the companies do offer insurance for the testers since they are full time employees.
None of your buisness
Some of them do. Most do not.
Video game testers don't really need an education.
I think Bungie is.
They design Video Games for testers to see if the game if it is a good game for video gamers that love good games like me.
The best video game jobs that pay well are video game testers, they test games before they are released.
The more and better references you have, the easier it is to land the best video-game tester job openings. many companies offer this jobs. Atari is hiring video game testers, though many are interns. Konami USA is also hiring video game testers. Research local software companies that develop games, espcially educational games - they need testers but rarely advertise.
None. Its volenteer but you get to keep the beta game.
A majority of video game companies require testers to have at least a high school diploma.
Programmers, artists, sound engineers, producers, game testers and game designers. :)