Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort...
by __--__ on Thursday March 28, 2013 @05:46PM
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This is a game developer conference, not a game programming conference. there are a dozen non-technical jobs between "spokesperson" and "developer." Game designer, level designer, UI artist, CGI artist, Producer, QA - these are just a few jobs that do not qualify as technical positions.
I suppose you could have everybody wear a badge that lists their job title, except not everybody is there representing a company. Large buckets, then? Artists, engineers, management, product, technical other, non-technical other?
Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort...
by pacaro on Thursday March 28, 2013 @07:40PM
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Or just have a Geek Code[1] block on the badge...
Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort...
by NickNameNick on Thursday March 28, 2013 @08:26PM
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Do people still use that?
I only ever saw it on userfriendly profiles, and userfriendly has been limping along, very nearly dead for years now.
Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort...
by stcredzero on Thursday March 28, 2013 @08:30PM
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This is a meh protocol. It's not cleanly extensible and carries a lot of legacy.
How about: Highly visible conference badges that differentiate spokespersons from developers?
There would be motivation for companies to game this, so that they could have spokespersons with "female geek cred." I think that this could be handled to within reason. Also, it might motivate companies to send their actual female employees, thus giving females more exposure at GDC.