It's a c**t of a business to get into as a developer these days.

I interviewed a few ex-game dev bods for positions at a former place I worked at, and some of the stories they told were horrible.

Seems like a lot of the studios put a lot of emphasis on them being "trophy" employers. Millions of young kids would love to get into game development, so as well as there being competition for vacancies, once you're in, you're often leant upon to accept the unacceptable - super long working hours, inappropriate conduct, and general bullying, all with the heavily implied but never explicitly stated "well, if you're not happy, there's a million kids would love your job ..."

Posted By: Arizona Bay on August 23rd 2012 at 12:14:49

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FAO megson, re: Lemmings (General Chat) - samcd84, Aug 23, 10:48:43
- That's brilliant!The simplicity of early game desiging, some of the early studio and devs (General Chat) - megson, Aug 23, 11:58:59
  - It's a cunt of a business to get into as a developer these days. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 23, 12:14:49
    - yeah that sounds about right, its such a shame. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Aug 23, 12:19:43
- I was a Don at Lemmingses. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 23, 11:51:05
- Is this it? because I can't make heads nor tails of it (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Aug 23, 11:00:14
- Banana bombs (n/m) (General Chat) - Klobo04, Aug 23, 10:52:07
  - That was Worms wasn't it? (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Aug 23, 10:56:28
    - *cough* (General Chat) - Klobo04, Aug 23, 11:00:17
      - Yes. However Worms was an excellent game. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Aug 23, 11:57:14

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