Video game houses are notorious sweatshops. It's kind of insane that they operate the way they do in 2019, 120 hour weeks, people sleeping under desks trying to crank builds out... this is a sector that could benefit from union regs.
Bigly. Bernie Sanders with the not-so-pie-in-sky basic shit idea, keep em coming.
The reason is quite simple. The "money making" part of IT industry is business software. It's mind numbingly boring, and no one (except maybe Ballmer) is passionate about it but it's good stable income with stable work hours.
Video games are an industry of passion. People who go in it are passionate about it, and are more than willing to handle the lower salaries and longer work hours in the name of making what they're passionate about. If they weren't, they'd go into business software for more money and les
Passion doesn't mean you're willing to get exploited.
Your piece sounds eerily similar to what a Church man would say in the 12th century to peasants: "you've got to endure that, because God. Later you go to heaven".
It's actually a sector that could use this, good. (Score:3, Interesting)
Video game houses are notorious sweatshops. It's kind of insane that they operate the way they do in 2019, 120 hour weeks, people sleeping under desks trying to crank builds out... this is a sector that could benefit from union regs.
Bigly. Bernie Sanders with the not-so-pie-in-sky basic shit idea, keep em coming.
Re: (Score:5, Interesting)
The reason is quite simple. The "money making" part of IT industry is business software. It's mind numbingly boring, and no one (except maybe Ballmer) is passionate about it but it's good stable income with stable work hours.
Video games are an industry of passion. People who go in it are passionate about it, and are more than willing to handle the lower salaries and longer work hours in the name of making what they're passionate about. If they weren't, they'd go into business software for more money and les
Passion my ass. (Score:0)
Passion doesn't mean you're willing to get exploited.
Your piece sounds eerily similar to what a Church man would say in the 12th century to peasants: "you've got to endure that, because God. Later you go to heaven".
Thanks, but no, thanks.
Re:Passion my ass. (Score:2)
"This sounds like [absurd comparison]" is a common propaganda tool to pretend that something that in no way was even implied was actually said.