mr_digital

Re:Ask HN: Is this common in the gaming industry? on Saturday December 13, 2014 @03:41AM (#8744623)

Thanks for the advice and I did not know about the EA spounse scandal.

Re:Ask HN: Is this common in the gaming industry? on Saturday December 13, 2014 @01:26AM (#8744410)

you are right, I should have not mentioned their name in the post. I did not mean to smear them. Personally, I just wanted some generalist opinions of the industry.

Re:Ask HN: Is this common in the gaming industry? on Saturday December 13, 2014 @01:11AM (#8744380)

I did not even know about DAILY WTF before you mentioned it.

Re:Ask HN: Is this common in the gaming industry? on Saturday December 13, 2014 @01:08AM (#8744373)

I have been told about this so many times before...

Re:Ask HN: Is this common in the gaming industry? on Saturday December 13, 2014 @01:06AM (#8744367)

very true

Re:Ask HN: Is this common in the gaming industry? on Saturday December 13, 2014 @01:06AM (#8744366)

yeah I read that as part of my research on them for my interview.

Re:Ask HN: Is this common in the gaming industry? on Saturday December 13, 2014 @01:04AM (#8744365)

I know about the work hours but the industry is responsible for many great things and I do not want such an event to be a deciding factor to come out of it.

Moreover, the indie option has always been at the back of my mind.

Re:Ask HN: Is this common in the gaming industry? on Saturday December 13, 2014 @01:00AM (#8744351)

thanks.

Re:Ask HN: Is this common in the gaming industry? on Saturday December 13, 2014 @12:54AM (#8744343)

thanks, have you experienced something like this yourself?

The fact is when you are starting new in the industry (like me) such a thing can quite easily be very demoralizing and be a deciding factor to not continue in the industry.

Re:Ask HN: Is this common in the gaming industry? on Saturday December 13, 2014 @12:50AM (#8744332)

what I am looking for is feedback that whether such a thing is common or not. If it is, then I am simply making a big fuss out of it as this is my first such experience and I will not be as shocked to expect such a thing again and just keep trying.

Ask HN: Is this common in the gaming industry?

Posted by mr_digital on Saturday December 13, 2014 @12:09AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I just want to know if the following is pretty common thing in the gaming industry, being all new to the field I am not too sure. It would be nice to get feedback.I recently applied for a junior software engineer position with Crytek(Germany).As a first line of assessment they had given me a coding test to be completed within a week, the HR lady gets back to me after a day to tell me that I...

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