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by Omniusaspirer 4005 days ago
All of those things provide real world skills but their informal nature makes them unfit for a resume. However those skills are increasingly relevant in the industries built around those games so its mainly a matter of selling yourself to the people who can recognize the value in that skillset.

Just as virtual skills don't always translate perfectly to the real world the reverse is also true. There's a large market out there for digital goods that most people are blissfully unaware of.