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I have just got back to Anonymous Surrey Based Game Developer Towers from a lovely holiday in the snow:
I return to work feeling wonderfully refreshed and actually able to get out of bed in the morning, which is a lovely change.
Of course i return to a slightly different work to that which i left - many of the people who were on the cusp of leaving before have now gone, which leaves something of a void in the office. I feel like i've missed out on some monumental exodus.
However, all is not lost. I have spoken to a couple of now sadly ex-colleagues and it seems the mood is now one of cautious optimism. ASBGD have been very supportive throughout the process, organising meetings with recruitment agencies, who in turn have organised presentations by a number of major game developers. Already people are getting interviews; some have already got jobs, which is just fantastic.
Whatever the feeling about ASBGD is in the game playing community (it seems to vary wildly depending on the quality / integrity of the hype surrounding our latest title), within the game development community it seems that having experience here is certainly advantageous; it's almost like we are respected as developers!
In fact, being slightly less cautiously optimistic (more optimistic?) a forced move may even be advantageous to people. Within one company there is a limited choice of career paths, and these may be blocked by default due to senior, long standing, key members of the company holding positions that one would otherwise be interested in. Moving out of that company of course demolishes this so-called glass ceiling, and (i hope) will enable people to get positions they deserve in companies that treat them well.
I return to work feeling wonderfully refreshed and actually able to get out of bed in the morning, which is a lovely change.
Of course i return to a slightly different work to that which i left - many of the people who were on the cusp of leaving before have now gone, which leaves something of a void in the office. I feel like i've missed out on some monumental exodus.
However, all is not lost. I have spoken to a couple of now sadly ex-colleagues and it seems the mood is now one of cautious optimism. ASBGD have been very supportive throughout the process, organising meetings with recruitment agencies, who in turn have organised presentations by a number of major game developers. Already people are getting interviews; some have already got jobs, which is just fantastic.
Whatever the feeling about ASBGD is in the game playing community (it seems to vary wildly depending on the quality / integrity of the hype surrounding our latest title), within the game development community it seems that having experience here is certainly advantageous; it's almost like we are respected as developers!
In fact, being slightly less cautiously optimistic (more optimistic?) a forced move may even be advantageous to people. Within one company there is a limited choice of career paths, and these may be blocked by default due to senior, long standing, key members of the company holding positions that one would otherwise be interested in. Moving out of that company of course demolishes this so-called glass ceiling, and (i hope) will enable people to get positions they deserve in companies that treat them well.
posted by Jonny Hopper at 3:14 PM
1 Comments:
Sounds great Johannes.
And that photograph looks amazing. Is that you?
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