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[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 days ago (3 children)

As a millienial software dev:

Imo: What happened is twofold:

  1. The business grads also played games, and saw the money to be made.
  2. The best devs are smart enough to *not work in AAA Gamedev.
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Which is depressing as hell. I considered switching to game dev (since anyway want to change my stack and language), then realised that would be sacrificing too much for too little and abandoned the idea. I will have a better time making money doing something else and playing in free time than diving into this madness that does not even pay adequately in pursuit of the off-chance of getting to work on something great

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I phone screened for a game dev position. The ad said about half my salary. It was going to be a big sacrifice. Then on the phone screen they said 10k less than that.

When I sounded concerned about money, I think that killed my chances. "Tell me more about this profit sharing" was almost certainly the end. It was for the best.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

MBA = Megalomaniacsl Bastard Accountant

(with the fun bonus of almost no actual math required!)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

MBAs, cause we gotta justify nepotism hires somehow.