Ester

Senior QA Manager ArenaNet

[Ester @bunnita]

My pup!

[Guild Wars 2 @GuildWars2]

Meet Sebastian, today's #ArenaPet. Sebastian is 9 years old and belongs to Sr. QA Manager Ester Sauter. Ever vigilant and yet cuddly too, life is never dull or quiet with Sebastian around. #NationalPetMonth

[Ester @bunnita]

@GuildWars2 My baby!!

[Ester @bunnita]

@the603lifestyl1 I grew up in Merrimack and King Kone opening was when we knew summer was close!

[Ester @bunnita]

@mkerstein There are zero things about my commute that were relaxing

[Ester @bunnita]

@PlayerTakes @ArtofTetraethyl @Lucinellia_GW2 Nope, never once

[Ester @bunnita]

@callioperyder @NinNons @annabrandberg I am sorry and thank you for being brave. Those who have the power need to do better, and I am sad that it takes something like this to point that out.

[Ester @bunnita]

@tomabernathy Just googled and damn.

[Ester @bunnita]

@cuppy @kevinonthelam Congrats!

[Ester @bunnita]

@Drewbert_ahoy @jesawyer But it is a choice, companies choose how to spend the money. It is too easy to say you don't have the budget for QA but you have the budget for engineers, designers, and artists. QA is not seen as necessary and that is a problem.

[Ester @bunnita]

@jesawyer QA Career tracks are essential, if someone has no way to progress they leave. We have one and are getting better, but it is frustrating to watch all of your talent leave because you can't pay them more or offer them a career.

[Ester @bunnita]

@Drewbert_ahoy @jesawyer And I would say that budgets are choices, and priorities need to be changed to make QA an assumed part of that process.

[Ester @bunnita]

@jesawyer I truly believe that coming from QA makes better designers, and protecting the entry level position is vital, but poverty wages, always on contracts, it is not moral how game QA is treated I work hard to make it better in my department, but there is only so much I can do alone

[Ester @bunnita]

@jesawyer This is the goal of my career, making Game QA relevant and equal to the other disciplines. Pay is a huge part of that, I can't keep good QA when they can make half again *at minimum* more being an entry level designer

[Ester @bunnita]

Meeting coworkers for the first time in person, and supporting each other and everyone in the industry. This is what is important #actiblizzardwalkout

[Connor Fallon @ConnorEFallon]

A bunch of us Seattle devs are out here today in support of the #ActiBlizzWalkout!

And a lot more are supporting from home.

[Ester @bunnita]

@Rubi_ This is amazing! And I see your awesome planters in the background :) I'd rather have ducks than geese

[Ester @bunnita]

@EvangeIos @Ygvir @Rubi_ @SeattleCosplay So very much in! I don't have cable so someone might have to stream.

[Ester @bunnita]

@acute_bird She doesn't always get her title either, she is a director not a manager. I try to correct people but sometimes it goes by so fast.

[Ester @bunnita]

@Rubi_ @oVertoneColor That is amazing! I have some purple for brown hair but I keep rethinking it

[Ester @bunnita]

@Domesticon idk that last one sounds kind of fun

[Ester @bunnita]

Pup has his physical. Vet said 'he has a bit of a covid muffin top', yah me too buddy