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If you are young, single and healthy, and can work on important parts of a game (engine), do it for 1-2 years, have a blast, ship an AAA game, then escape to mo
by bitL 8y ago
If you are young, single and healthy, and can work on important parts of a game (engine), do it for 1-2 years, have a blast, ship an AAA game, then escape to more stable FAANG, where you will be a highly paid guru. You can even write a book or two then, documenting your tricks and achievements.
- HBlix 8y agoWhy? You’ll come out older, less healthy, poorer, and full of regret that you spent your time building casinos for children and people with gambling issues. If you’re going to work for a FAANG anyway, at least you can sell your integrity for a much higher price and better conditions.
- bitL 8y agoI mean only if you can work on "core", something that is extraordinarily difficult and you can impress everybody with it. I am not talking about joining a team working on end credits scrolling etc.
- sizzle 8y ago"building casinos for children and people with gambling issues" Ouch. That really puts things into perspective said like that.
- yellowapple 8y ago> building casinos for children At least it'd be good practice for building casinos for non-children. Slot machine development uses a lot of the same skills (and often the same stack; IGT uses C# and Unity3D for their slot machines if their jobs postings are anything to go by).
- danbolt 8y agoYou’re talking about Bob Nystrom, right? http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com