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by nhunter 4y ago
This was a regular practice when I worked on services at EA. Old games had online components shut down or de-registered. The utilization of the game was always a factor, but games that were 2-3 years old, particularly in sports, got discont
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by nhunter 4y ago
EADP is one of the central teams within the company. By far, they have a much better experience than any of the product teams (less OT, lower expectations, less funding). Product teams are responsible to deliver on timelines regardless of t
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by nhunter 4y ago
It's an entertaining read, but mostly subjective opinion. I love doom predictions in general, they're always correct if you wait long enough and keep the framing loose, like saying we're in the process of collapsing. Somethin
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by nhunter 4y ago
Every time some limitation is predicted, particularly when the only limitation is investment, it's usually surpassed. There's more extraction that can be done, and more efficiencies that can be found, so we're not at 'pe
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by nhunter 4y ago
I've been feeling burned out since just before the pandemic when my boss had a breakdown from burn out himself. He had sheltered the team quite a bit, and when he left, new managers tore the team apart and the purpose that I had for al
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by nhunter 5y ago
I'm also concerned about the long term implications of using the Emergencies Act, particularly in the future when we have a majority parliament where attaching confidence wouldn't be as much of a mitigation. I'm okay with the
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by nhunter 5y ago
QA at EA is a path to some solid gigs. It just takes time. Yeah, it's unsexy work, but it pays okay, and if you prove yourself, it can lead to some senior roles. There are lots of folks that I work with now that started in contract QA
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by nhunter 8y ago
I have a diploma in CS, but not a bachelors degree, but 10+ years of practical engineering experience. I'd love to work towards a masters in CS, but most online schools don't accept my diploma and work experience as equivalent. I
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by nhunter 8y ago
Really cool idea, and would completely simplify our internal tools building process, but opening our firewall to allow access to the small scale internal DBs that we would work with is a total no go. Not to mention that even trying to creat