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> someone told me The problem, ultimately, is that every place is made up of people. People are fallible, limited, and not gods. They're just people. They have
by aaronbrethorst 11y ago
> someone told me
The problem, ultimately, is that every place is made up of people. People are fallible, limited, and not gods. They're just people. They have to eat and sleep. They like having interpersonal relationships. Sometimes they're jerks.
When I joined Microsoft as an intern in the Mac Business Unit back in 2002, my biggest surprise was that the people I worked with—the first real software engineering organization I'd ever been exposed to—were just people. They weren't perfect, and sometimes they got grumpy when a certain over-enthusiastic 19 year old wouldn't shut up.
Anyway, back to your question: Blizzard is probably an interesting place to work. They maintain the biggest(?) MMORPG, they have a huge amount of history, and I expect having a role at Blizzard on your résumé looks great. But, since it is the games industry, you should probably expect endless death marches, crappy pay, and incredible amounts of churn in between projects.
tl;dr: check Glassdoor and see what employees have to say. If you have unreasonable expectations about a workplace, you will be disappointed.
- jib 11y agoI would also add that a largish company isn't one place, it is many smaller places that only looks the same from outside. Once you're past that 150 number or so, you will have multiple cultures and environments. There will be the small hot next thing, the big incumbent, the team everyone is waiting on, the hasbeens, the guys in the corner no one knows what they're doing, the guys everyone has to work with even though no one knows why, etc. Some traits will be the same, but environment varies a lot. See recent discussions on Amazon for instance. Some people disagree completely on their experience.
- striking 11y agoRelevant (explanation of "150"): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number
- hacknat 11y agoThis is so true. I live in Seattle, and the diverse set of answers I hear from Amazon employees on what it's like to work there are profound. Ranging from a guy I know at AWS, who literally said, "I don't know anyone who works more than 45 hours a week", to a coworker who told me that he worked 4 months straight of 80 hour weeks.
- johnlevenstein 11y agoI checked some websites but I was interested in a more personal view from someone working there or who worked there for some time. Sure it's all happiness on social networks but inside is different. Maybe Blizzard employees don't come here often.
- aaronbrethorst 11y agoAgain, go read Glassdoor: http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Blizzard-Entertainment-Reviews-E24858.htm http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Blizzard-Entertainment-Revi...