Re:Ask HN: Is having videogames in your portfolio/GitHub a b...
by Bjorkbat on Saturday August 19, 2017 @05:21PM
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One year at GDC (game developer's conference) I saw that SpaceX of all companies had a booth in the same area of the conference reserved for companies looking to hire devs.
At first I thought this was rather curious. What on earth would SpaceX want to do with game devs?
Turns out it's not uncommon for SpaceX to hire game devs. Apparently if you can make a relatively sophisticated game (especially an online multiplayer game), you can make software for a rocket.
So there you have it, game dev experience is good, and it sounds like that interviewer you talked to is a liability to his company for passing on great talent.
At first I thought this was rather curious. What on earth would SpaceX want to do with game devs?
Then I found this article. http://www.businessinsider.com/why-is-spacex-at-a-video-game...
Turns out it's not uncommon for SpaceX to hire game devs. Apparently if you can make a relatively sophisticated game (especially an online multiplayer game), you can make software for a rocket.
So there you have it, game dev experience is good, and it sounds like that interviewer you talked to is a liability to his company for passing on great talent.