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Correct. A developer with a full brain would know better than to extrapolate a few examples to an entire industry.

by gdulli 14y ago

w1ntermute 14y ago
Doesn't matter if there are exceptions. When there are so many job opportunities out there for developers, why take the risk?
- snogglethorpe 14y ago
  I think the general lesson is "don't be a idiot." I know several people working quite happily at gaming companies (doing, from what I can see, some pretty cool stuff), and those game companies who are the most abusive generally have well-known reputations as such. I suppose it might not be the best industry to go into straight out of college, when you have little leverage and lack industry smarts...
mtrimpe 14y ago
Or you would identify the most likely underlying cause of the stereotype: that the games industry is an industry of love, just like fashion, music, theater or art. That means that there is a much more abundant supply of labour and that the demand side is exploiting this by offering lower wages, worse working environment, crazier hours etc. The main difference between fashion, music and art is that the discrepancy is much more poignant in the games industry because there's an abundant supply of well-paying cushy jobs just around the corner which involve almost the exact same skill-set to compare against.
mtrimpe 14y ago
Or you would identify the most likely underlying cause of the stereotype. The games industry is an industry of love; just like fashion, music and theater are for example. That means that there is a much more abundant supply of labour and that the demand side is exploiting this by offering lower wages, worse working environment, crazier hours etc. The main difference between market industries like fashion, music and art is that the discrepancy is much more poignant in games because there's an abundant supply of well-paying cushy jobs which involve almost the exact same skill-set to compare against.

Correct. A developer with a full brain would know better than to extrapolate a few examples to an entire industry.

by gdulli 14y ago

Correct. A developer with a full brain would know better than to extrapolate a few examples to an entire industry.

Doesn't matter if there are exceptions. When there are so many job opportunities out there for developers, why take the risk?

snogglethorpe 14y ago
I think the general lesson is "don't be a idiot." I know several people working quite happily at gaming companies (doing, from what I can see, some pretty cool stuff), and those game companies who are the most abusive generally have well-known reputations as such. I suppose it might not be the best industry to go into straight out of college, when you have little leverage and lack industry smarts...

mtrimpe 14y ago

Or you would identify the most likely underlying cause of the stereotype: that the games industry is an industry of love, just like fashion, music, theater or art. That means that there is a much more abundant supply of labour and that the demand side is exploiting this by offering lower wages, worse working environment, crazier hours etc. The main difference between fashion, music and art is that the discrepancy is much more poignant in the games industry because there's an abundant supply of well-paying cushy jobs just around the corner which involve almost the exact same skill-set to compare against.

mtrimpe 14y ago

Or you would identify the most likely underlying cause of the stereotype. The games industry is an industry of love; just like fashion, music and theater are for example. That means that there is a much more abundant supply of labour and that the demand side is exploiting this by offering lower wages, worse working environment, crazier hours etc. The main difference between market industries like fashion, music and art is that the discrepancy is much more poignant in games because there's an abundant supply of well-paying cushy jobs which involve almost the exact same skill-set to compare against.