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Re:Interview with Ed McManus, Technical Advisor for HBO’s Si... by alistairSH on Thursday May 18, 2017 @08:36AM (#14366667)
So, other than the ones that quit or burn-out, the success rate is high?

That's almost the definition of survivorship bias.

Re:Interview with Ed McManus, Technical Advisor for HBO’s Si... by golergka on Thursday May 18, 2017 @08:56AM (#14366773)
No. Most of the people just don't really have high ambitions and are quite content as regular developers, designers and artists. They know that becoming a studio head or something like that means working 80 hours a week and no social life, for a long time, and they chose not to pursue this.