Playingloads of WoW? It gives you skills. Levelling skills, credit-card-payingskills, mad social interaction skillz. It's also going to give you theskills to make it to the top of the corporate ladder, according to a study conducted by IBM and business communication researchers Seriosity.

What we've found is that success as a business leader maydepend on skills as a gamer. Smart organizations are recognizing valuedemployees who play online games and apply their skills and experiencesas virtual leaders to their 'real world' jobs.

Hear that? You don't need school. Degrees are for suckers. Just keep onlevelling up that Paladin, you'll get the big promotion soon enough.Virtual Worlds, Real Leaders