The only people I know from either were from Perot Systems or EDS before, which is largely extinct. They didn't have it so bad. I am sure it's a cause of pain

The only people I know from either were from Perot Systems or EDS before, which is largely extinct. They didn't have it so bad. I am sure it's a cause of pain for people but somehow, game dev. work being that way seems inevitable. My own exposure to the antediluvian music business ( back in them '80s ) was that it was The Island of the Lost Boys from "Pinocchio".