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Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results by jplayer01 on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @05:10AM (#19151869)
I already addressed this. Why are we okay with an entire industry having shitty work conditions, regardless of circumstances? Why should a game developer have to work 80-100 hour weeks for months on end just because he wants to make games? The issue of skills transference is just distracting from this issue.
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Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results by baud147258 on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @05:44AM (#19152053)
> The issue of skills transference

The issue of skill transferance is that nobody is forcing them to work in such companies; it means they can leave and try to find another job.

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Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results by jplayer01 on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @06:10AM (#19152155)
That's what they do after a few years, but I'm not sure how that excuses it.
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