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People make racist, nationalist, sexist, and all other kinds of off-colour jokes in the game industry, particularly when they don't think they're in earshot of
by tslug 12y ago
People make racist, nationalist, sexist, and all other kinds of off-colour jokes in the game industry, particularly when they don't think they're in earshot of the butt of their jokes (obviously with some notable exceptions), but it doesn't have much effect on whether you'll get or keep a job as a coder. If you write sweet code, you write sweet code. End of story. People will want to hire you.
- ottbot 12y agoYou know that's still pretty shitty right?
- tslug 12y agoYep. So is eavesdropping on people without telling them and then posting what was said to the Internet. Can't say I'd recommend either, but they both happen with surprising frequency.
- Gracana 12y agoThe OP overheard this stuff because they were waiting for the conference call issues to get worked out. They couldn't exactly not listen. All is not lost, though! Maybe OP can go back and apologize for telling people about the racist jokes the Crytek people made at their expense. Wait, no, that's entirely ridiculous.
- tslug 12y agoWhen people unknowingly do things that upset you, the considerate thing to do is to tell them first, not the whole Internet. Give them a chance to explain, apologize, amend. If they don't to your satisfaction, then by all means go wide.
- tesseractive 12y agoWhen people "unknowingly" out themselves as bigots, no, you don't have to be "considerate" and take it to them. That's terrible advice.
- codezero 12y agoThis only enhances my point. People should be worried about racism. Great coders can work anywhere. Why work amongst casual racists?
- pandaman 12y agoSome people believe that racial jokes make one a racist as much as cannibalism jokes make one a cannibal.
- tesseractive 12y agoYes. And those people are racists.
- pandaman 12y agoSure. Everywhere I worked there had been people from all countries and continents but Antarctica, working together without any problems but they are, apparently, racists. You know, I'd rather be with friendly "racists" who have not fired anyone over their alleged "racism" than anywhere in Tech, where one seems to have to be conforming to the party line even outside the work in order to keep the job (e.g. Adria Richards incident).
- giovannibajo1 12y agoBecause there is a general entitlement of superiority in the game industry; on average, they feel like they are a technically superior and way more fun form of programming compared to anything other job in the IT industry
- comrh 12y ago> but it doesn't have much effect on whether you'll get or keep a job as a coder [citation needed] Making racist jokes devalue a person. How can you respect them as an employee if you devalue them as a person?
- tslug 12y agogit log