I also got into programming because of games and after doing some freelance work for a game studio (as a summer job two summers in a row during my university st

I also got into programming because of games and after doing some freelance work for a game studio (as a summer job two summers in a row during my university studies) and seeing all the bad stuff people talk about first hand I was hesitant to go into that industry after graduating. Three and a half years later, however, I was tired of the job I had and wanted to try something new. I'd heard some great things about a local game studio and decided to check it out. I've now been working at Ghost Games for nearly two years and it feels like one of the best decision I've ever made. A key point here is that EA has undergone a lot of changes these last few years and are really pushing to get away from the old ways of burning through talent like it's firewood to fuel the game making machinery. I don't know how far other EA studios have come, but DICE and Ghost (which is sort of a DICE subsidiary) have become great places to work.