How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020)

Re:How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020) by xmprt on Saturday February 20, 2021 @03:59PM (#26207905)

Game Development is an example of what can happen when there are too many people passionate about their work. I'm not saying that everyone in that industry is taken advantage of but it's a lot more than the broader tech industry even though there's a lot of overlap between skill sets.

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Re:How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020) by Agentlien on Sunday February 21, 2021 @01:06AM (#26211229)

I would like to say that while this is definitely still a thing it has gotten better in recent years.

There has been a big push against crunch and there are more and more studios with a focus on work-life balance.

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Re:How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020) by lanternfish on Sunday February 21, 2021 @07:16AM (#26212935)

It should be noted that one of (if not the) biggest game release of all time this year, CP2077, was built on the back of terrible working conditions and months of crunch.

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Re:How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020) by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Sunday February 21, 2021 @11:03AM (#26214433)

And yet we also see death threats against developers who delay games.

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Re:How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020) by jeffe on Sunday February 21, 2021 @04:02PM (#26217158)

the recent emergence of many quality games from china might start reversing that trend thouugh...

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