Goldman Sachs didn't give a fuck about me until they heard about my genuine i61 participation medal.

Yes I make sure to bold my mge elo and tempus points any time I apply for a job

So far it's helped me with my last two jobs. The interviewers for my current job were impressed with the tf2 stuff on my github (even though they had no clue what tf2 was), and my previous job was a gamedev position where experience modding games was a big asset. These are both programming jobs so a lot of the skills are transferable, but in both what sold it was the things I've done in tf2.

I also fucked up another game programmer interview by talking too much about my tf2 mods and not enough about my other experience, but it's been more wins than losses so far.

My CV has a very small section under interests for gaming. But just use it to mention how it has developed my communication and leadership skills. Nothing specific to tf2

When I applied for residential colleges for University, I had no extra cirricular stuff whatsoever, below average grades (literally didn't qualify to enter uni until I resubmitted an assignment in the year I was meant to go to uni lol), and I wasn't expecting to make it in at all.

So I fluffed up leading a plat HL team - saying I had to organise with other team leaders, organise the 8 players in my team run admin for it on UGC, and play in the game. I said that me coming 3rd one season made me an Oceanic 3rd place world champion

I shit you not, It fucking worked. I got into one of the best halls at my uni and I 100% attribute it to putting it on my application

i put tf2 on my ucas and i got rejected by greenwich

Previous head admins of ozfortress have it on their resume and I wouldn't be surprised if people in similar positions from other leagues have done it too, running a league/site can look pretty good to an employer