[game_edu] The Dorklyst: 7 Reasons You Don't Want To Work in the Video Game Industry

[Anthony Hart-Jones]

  Yeah, that sounds familiar.  I have seen most of them.  Number 5 is
the only one I have not seen, surprisingly.

#7 - I worked on a game for pre-teen girls.  It actually turned out to
be more fun than you would have thought...
#2 - Nobody ever believes you on this one.  I have had weeks where the
only thing I have had time for after work was a shower before bed...
#1 - Oh yes.  Redundancies, 'voluntary' pay-cuts, offering to pay you in
shares... 

On 20/11/2011 18:03, Simon Etienne Rozner wrote:

> Indeed, ahh the wonderul love/hate relationship of our world...good as

> a link for my students (maybe now they will believe me)

>

> On Nov 20, 2011, at 23:21, Ian Schreiber <ai864 at yahoo.com

> <mailto:ai864 at yahoo.com>> wrote:

>

>> I've been sharing this with students for years, but it's nice to have

>> an article to point to :-)

>>

>> They left out an eighth reason: supply/demand forces push down

>> salaries, so your pay will be significantly less than if you did

>> comparable work outside the industry.

>>

>> The only one not really in my experience is #3. (Also, #1 is a bit of

>> a misstatement: you will get "laid off" more than "fired" since

>> firing implies termination with cause.)

>>

>> - Ian

>>

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>> *From:* Sheri Rubin <sheri at designdirectdeliver.com

>> <mailto:sheri at designdirectdeliver.com>>

>> *To:* game_edu at igda.org <mailto:game_edu at igda.org>

>> *Sent:* Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:42 PM

>> *Subject:* [game_edu] The Dorklyst: 7 Reasons You Don't Want To Work

>> in the Video Game Industry

>>

>> http://www.dorkly.com/article/27379/the-dorklyst-7-reasons-you-dont-want-to-work-in-the-video-game-industry

>>

>> Something to share with students?

>>

>> I have lived #4 (go QA!) so many times it's not even funny.

>>

>> Sheri

>>

>> -- 

>> *Sheri Rubin*

>> Founder and CEO

>>

>> *Design Direct Deliver*

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>> Email: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com

>> <mailto:sheri at designdirectdeliver.com>

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