[project1dev] Re: Project1 - SVN Update 450
- From: Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:26:42 -0700
I dunno if that's actually the reason but moving around seems to be the
quicker way for advancement hehe
but if you move around too much, people will think you are unreliable so you
gotta be like iccarus and not move around so much that you fall into the sea
lol
in game dev things are volatile and the average a person sticks around a
company is 1.5 - 2 years, i dont know what the averages are for other kinds
of companies though or web dev
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> they might offer you more, or when you went to a new place they would start
> you off at way more :P
>
> I think it's a perception thing...
>
> when you are at a company and stick around, that first impression, of you
> being less experienced than you are now, is part of how they see you
>
> when you go to a new company, they see you at the highest level you were at
> in the last company
>
> like when i worked for my uncle, i spent 5 years there and eventually kinda
> ran all the tech by the end, but i started off without any experience, so to
> my uncle, thats kidna where i was at.
>
> when i got interviewed at inxile, they saw me as having 5 years exp running
> the tech for a small company
> ::shrug::
>
> I think that makes companies not value their existing employees as much as
> new prospects but im not sure...
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 1:08 PM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> yeah i am pretty sure im gonna get lowballed at my review but if i jumped
>> ship theyd prolly offer me more... wtf! and then my current company would
>> hire 2 people to do my job and not even realize
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> LOL
>>>
>>> I think you are right abuot the portfolio. And it's dumb but in most
>>> companies, the only real way to get a raise or promotion is to jump to
>>> another company :P
>>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Kent Petersen <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the ideas. I like the overlap between this and trying to find
>>>> a job. I think if I can build a decent portfolio I can try to get a job
>>>> that
>>>> way instead of building experience and climbing the corporate ladder.
>>>> Working in corporate america is kinda like playing an MMORPG. The only real
>>>> difference I see is the monsters are lamer, like a copy machine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If you run outa stuff, and you aren't beefing up your resume with more
>>>>> C# apps etc, there's the hacking minigame that we'll need for the robot.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can come up w/ the game yourself or bounce ideas off the list,
>>>>> whatever you wanna do (:
>>>>>
>>>>> I think all the tech you need is there if you just want to make a 2d
>>>>> overlay game (like the color match thing). If not or you want some help
>>>>> etc
>>>>> let me know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, if you would instead want to do some actionscript stuff, Eric and
>>>>> I can write up how the pirate dice game we made up works. It's going to
>>>>> be
>>>>> the first multiplayer minigame in the game and we'll also have an action
>>>>> script version of it so if you made it, it would give you something to
>>>>> show
>>>>> that you made in action script, and also be a contribution to the game.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just in case you run outa stuff to do :P
>>>>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Apache User <
>>>>> dhapache@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> User:korgath
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Message: added some more spikes to the maze
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <Files Changed>
>>>>>> U Scripts/Maps/TheVoid/FirstTemple/maze.lua
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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