I'd argue semantics and say, "But how is that really possible?" But after reading the article, you can easily see how someone could get a job by playing a game and by seeing the work they have already created within it. Heck, I got my job from a message board post and have never met my boss in person, so I don't find it strange in the least bit.

From the article:

What Second Life brings to the party that few platforms or games before it have is a chance to blend the boundaries between reality and virtual reality, a possibility that has helped boost the number of registered accounts to 2.6 million. Walking around the virtual landscape, my travels included the fanciful (flying), the more stolidly real (political debate) and something in between (a questionable trip to an island called "Amsterdam").

And just as the way we surf the web changed, the way that corporate America does business has changed in this middle space. Case in point: the most radical dotcom 2.0 recruitment wave is happening in virtual reality thanks to Second Life. Instead of posting a resume on Monster.com that will hopefully net a flesh-and-blood job interview, your avatar can be interviewed and hired all within Second Life, often for jobs possible only in virtual reality.

"People who have been in SL since its inception might not be professional content developers, but they have become experts," says Brandon Berger, senior strategist at OgilvyInteractive's Digital Innovation unit. Hence, Ogilvy has hired a lot of people directly from Second Life to execute projects for the big name clients who have worked to be in Second Life.

Read the full article over at money.cnn.com