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Re:Overworked and Underpaid, VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at... by echelon on Monday August 07, 2023 @07:24PM (#37042310)
> your name will still be somewhere on the credit rolls.

In time, nobody will watch it and nobody will care. So much long tail stuff is effectively forgotten to time. Kids don't want to inherit our old games and movies - they want new stuff that speaks to them.

I would argue your name can live longer in SaaS, where those that come after you will continually `git blame` you and praise (or curse) your name.

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Re:Overworked and Underpaid, VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at... by mschuster91 on Monday August 07, 2023 @07:39PM (#37042444)
> I would argue your name can live longer in SaaS, where those that come after you will continually `git blame` you and praise (or curse) your name.

Nah. With the current expiration rate of JS frameworks, your code is lucky to live five years before someone decides a full rewrite. And unless you're working for a household brand like Twitter or Facebook, chances are high that no one outside your bubble knows what your product is, but everyone knows the MCU.

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Re:Overworked and Underpaid, VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at... by grotorea on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @06:40AM (#37046998)
Yeah and with art there's at least a chance you'll make one of the classics that don't get forgotten. Or maybe people will be playing it for nostalgia in retirement homes in 80 years.
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