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Re:Making Video Games Is Not a Dream Job by kabacha on Friday April 05, 2019 @10:10AM (#19582641)
Software engineering for video games is pretty darn complicated. Surely it must be hard to get hold of the next John Carmack or at least someone remotely close to that. Is demand for good talent really filled here?
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Re:Making Video Games Is Not a Dream Job by maxxxxx on Friday April 05, 2019 @01:24PM (#19584893)
The whole talk about "talent" is bullshit. Big corps don't want John Carmacks. They want replaceable, predictable drones that do what they are told to do.
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Re:Making Video Games Is Not a Dream Job by TimothyBJacobs on Friday April 05, 2019 @10:24AM (#19582788)
Game studios aren't filled with and don't need to be filled with hundreds of John Carmacks.
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Re:Making Video Games Is Not a Dream Job by hannasanarion on Friday April 05, 2019 @10:24AM (#19582803)
If your "about-to-release crunch" involves building an entire engine from scratch with no help John Carmack style, you have much bigger problems.
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