Re: Dream Job: But How to Get There?
Nietzsche wrote:An example of the kind of job I want would be "the guy who decides what bands get a record deal." Another example, "the guy who decides which script gets made into a movie." Basically, the term I've identified as representing what kind of career I'd like is "assessor." Guy who assesses stuff and decides if it's good or not: books, commercials, articles, movies, music, tv pilots, etc.
Video games is another thing. Who's the guy who plays the games and reports bugs, inconsistency, and general problems?
I wouldn't say exactly that those occupations involve the same skills. The work that you describe is unfortunately much more involved than you seem to think in all of these cases.
Deciding record deals and movies is I assume, a task that normally falls to an investor or executive, in other words, a person who holds the purse and is experienced in the industry. What artists to sign or what movies to produce are investment decisions - you want a return on investing in producing a movie or record. For a record company, I assume the decision is jointly made by a CIO, VP of Marketing, etc. For a movie, there are executive producers, preferably wealthy or with investor contacts.
For testing games and such, it's no longer a game, but the serious business of software quality control. You need to be experienced in making and executing test cases and problem reports, and know technical concepts about the technologies behind the game so that you can determine boundary conditions and so on.
So to answer your question about degrees, for records and movies, study communications and business. For testing games, study computer science.