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Just an obligatory post whenever the "feed your family" argument comes up http://ninapaley.com/mimiandeunice/2010/08/25/for-the-children/ http://ninapaley.com/m
by quadrangle 11y ago
Just an obligatory post whenever the "feed your family" argument comes up http://ninapaley.com/mimiandeunice/2010/08/25/for-the-children/ http://ninapaley.com/mimiandeunice/2010/08/25/for-the-childr...
Not saying that the item in question is itself comparable to this, just there's lots of different ways to get by in the world…
- vvanders 11y agoIt's more the fact that gamedev pays about ~40% of traditional developer work. Adding some sort of idealism on top of that means you'll probably do better flipping burgers than developing an open source game.
- quadrangle 11y agoOh, I didn't know game dev paid much less. Thanks for the info. Anyway, it remains the case that making a living as a game dev is far from the only way to get by, and making proprietary software isn't ideal, so "I need to feed my family" remains a sloppy excuse that doesn't justify ignoring the issue. Not that it's irrelevant, but it's not itself adequate.