Comment by YeGoblynQueenne
20 hours ago
What was that quote about chess... ?
Ah yes:
"The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life" [1].
I'm not a graphics programmer so I'm not in a position to gatekeep but I fully agree with the sentiment in the OP (I mean KellyCriterion's post). Do you really want to dedicate your life to an industry that will chew you up and spit you out just to release a borken AAA game that will go down in review flames for ripping its players off?
Side projects, sure. But, professionally? There's gotta be better ways to pay the bacon and bring home the bills.
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[1] https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/favorite-chess-quot...
Dont forget funny "perks" like "crunch-time" and "pre-crunch-time" :-D
Yeah. Luckily I learned about those things at my first year at university in a "Computer Science with games design" course. I switched to straight CS in year two and I've always thought I dodged a bullet, there.
Sad though. The most fun you can have with programming is maybe the least fun programming job of all.
Last sentence:
Quite true! Game Dev (and Graphics Programming) should be fun - though in todays environments, its everything apart from fun.
Honestly: For me today, writing boring business/workflow/CRUD/shop applications is the fun I should have had when being in GFX-programming - I do not know why its not fun to work for a game dev company.