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Didn't he pretty much develop Minecraft single-handedly? If so, I don't think it's necessarily "right" to share the profits with employees who joined after the
by staunch 15y ago
Didn't he pretty much develop Minecraft single-handedly? If so, I don't think it's necessarily "right" to share the profits with employees who joined after the work was done.
It's his money of course, he's free to do what he wants and generosity is always nice to see. To my mind though, it would have made just as much sense to give it to charity or anyone else.
I'd be much more interested to hear that he's giving meaningful equity to new employees. That way they could actually make life-altering money if they help create another big hit like Minecraft.
I doubt his employees will appreciate getting another $3 million split across dozens of employees if they help create a new $100M game.
- citricsquid 15y agoHe developed it alone originally yes, but he retired in November 2011 and since late 2010 it's been developed (in part) by Jens Bergensten (http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Jeb http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Jeb) Edit: also Mojang has revenue from the pocket edition of the game (for iOS and Android) that Notch has no involvement in, so it's beyond him being the only bread winner for the company.
- GuiA 15y agoHe didn't retire. He handed the lead of the Minecraft project to Jens, but he is still very much working at Mojang.
- citricsquid 15y agoRetired from Minecraft and any revenue producing projects for Mojang, as far as I know.
- zacharycohn 15y agoI thought he transitioned to working entirely on Scrolls.
- reidmain 15y agoNope entirely new unannounced game. Scrolls is being worked on by other Mojang employees other than Notch and Jens.