[Gllug] [OT] Re: VACANCY - Linux Specialist @ Visual Effects Training Facility

[Martyn Drake]

On 02/10/2007, Sarah Lemarié <sarah at thaum.net> wrote:

> Woah there Tet! Heading wildly off topic as we are, you have a fair
> point, but that blog alone spear headed a major campaign by the IGDA
> to raise quality of life as a major issue for game developers
> everywhere to acknowledge. I won't comment on the success of that, but
> it's a tough balance; some people are there because they love their
> work and genuinely throw themselves into it - but the point should be
> that when that work (of art!) is done, they recuperate before hurling
> themselves into their next masterpiece. That's the point I think a lot
> of places, papers and commentaries miss completely. This is of course
> relevant to programmers in general, not just game developers.

Absolutely.  Hell, some of the best jobs I've ever had had paid me a
pittance.  I had enormous fun setting up and running an ISP and web
hosting service at the beginning of my career.  That's not to say
extra money wasn't needed or requested throughout the time that I was
doing this, but it was definitely a huge job satisfaction knowing that
I had managed an entire service like that.

> Tet's right that the games industry generally isn't nearly as well
> paid as some other areas of IT. Not at all levels, anyway. Especially
> not if you live near London and the hive of financial IT positions
> that will arm you with pagers and then steal your soul :)

As Tim says in his post about Equity - it's a lot tougher for actors
to get into their chosen profession.  My brother-in-law who is an
Equity member has to spend more time doing other things than acting
because it is extremely difficult to get the kind of roles that he
wants.  And even then it's not well paid.

That's showbusiness!

M.
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