Gonzalez asked Brode if he wanted to join him at Blizzard, which he of course did. But Gonzalez was just a tester with no sway or power, so the two of them devised a scheme: Gonzalez, who worked the night shift, would order pizzas from Brode’s joint late in the evening. Brode would take the deliveries and use them as an excuse to schmooze with the testing crew. “I went over there a couple times,” he said. “When they opened a position, I applied for it. And I’d already met the hiring manager.” In March 2003, Brode started working as a tester at Blizzard Entertainment.
