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> but I think its ok for him to live and exceptional lifestyle if he wants to without fear of burn out or "no one liking his game". So you are ok with him livi

> but I think its ok for him to live and exceptional lifestyle if he wants to without fear of burn out or "no one liking his game". So you are ok with him living his life how he chooses? Why do you think that is something that needed to be said? That should be everyone's default disposition, so I'm not sure if you're expecting a cookie for this or what? Also, I don't think you have a strong enough grasp of this community to begin making assertions about its opinions towards certain professionals. As it is, your comment reads like "Silly HN readers, you guys aren't as smart as me, let me explain why you should share my opinion."

justinlardinois 10y ago
> As it is, your comment reads like "Silly HN readers, you guys aren't as smart as me, let me explain why you should share my opinion." So ~50% of the comments on this site?
Impossible 10y ago
I have 4153 karma and have been an active Hackernews member for over 5 years, so I feel like I have a decent amount of insight into general patterns I see in the community. I'm aware that HN is super diverse and people have different backgrounds and viewpoints, which is one reason why I like HN over other technical communities. That said if I was to treat HN comments as a hivemind and generalize I'd say overall HN leans negative on the game industry. There is a lot of truth in these views but people tend to generalize towards "all game programmers are underpaid and over worked and should work on business CRUD apps" and not look at individual cases of motivations, success or failure. This is both stereotyping and anecdotal but I see it in game industry related threads time and time again. I wasn't trying to sound smarter than the community, I'm sorry if I came off that way.