[gameprogrammer] Re: gameprogrammer Digest V4 #5

On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 09:20:27AM -0800, Alan Wolfe wrote:

> I think it depends where you apply.
> 
> For instance, in my search i WAS offered a job in boulder colorado,
> however it was for 40k when im already making 55.

That might be a part of the problem, btw.  When I entered the video game
industry I already had 7 or so years' experience with professional
software development.  However, I understood that in games industry I'd
be considered, well, not exactly junior but certainly not a seasoned vet,
and so I accepted lower pay as well.  After about a year later I was OK
again, as far as income is concerned.

Depends on how badly you want to get in.

> So, I think it's one of those things where if you apply at a "major
> hub" of gaming (i've been applying to southern california places as
> well as seattle area) then the standards are alot higher.
> 
> otherwise the standards (and subsequently the pay sometimes) are lower.

Heh, I wouldn't call Crytek's standards exactly *low*. ;-)  Crysis is
probably the most anticipated title to be released in 2007, according to
all those funny press ratings.

Also, I'm not supposed to talk about salaries publicly but you could
earn here roughly the same numbers as you mentioned, but in euros.
German taxes are probably way higher, though.

        latimerius


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