Anyone work for a game company? Activision, EA, Epic, Riot...c, etc.
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Used to. Occasional consultant now.
It has become more like slavery then passion and richness lately since there are so many indie studios lately
There was always a division of slavery I guess. It's an an unfair industry as anywhere else in terms of getting the right references (for the same potential), after which all top companies fight to hire you because you "are in".
I left what has become the largest public traded game company in Sweden as it became too much of a corporate cubicle job to the extent it wasn't already. Enjoying my freedom now. If you enjoy being a cog in a massive machine, working at a large game company might be right up your alley.
I left what has become the largest public traded game company in Sweden as it became too much of a corporate cubicle job to the extent it wasn't already. Enjoying my freedom now. If you enjoy being a cog in a massive machine, working at a large game company might be right up your alley.
I think it's a safe bet that they enjoy the regular paycheck more than anything.
My friend I were just talking about how being a game developer must be miserable to wake up.
You never see gamers say “ great game”. It’s just trashing and ranting about how they think it should be.
I said to him “ I couldn’t imagine all my customers ridiculing my work every day “.
Not as bad as coding Algos for retail traders. Most ideas are garbage and end users want you to write a money printing algorithm.
If it’s anything like the Amibroker forum I frequent I’d lose my mind. Endless people asking really bad questions and slowly revealing each post what their actually trying to do.
True, that is one benefit. Hence the push for game companies to make DLCs on a frequent basis as it makes it far easier to maintain staff.
Oh yeah. Some people solve it by not reading gamer posts... if you do you develop a thick skin because if you take it personally it will make you depressed in little time.