In r/games, developers discuss how game dev rewards broad adaptability less predictably than other industries, with layoffs and team reshuffles forcing specialists to restart in unfamiliar codebases.
It's weird to think how different gaming is from other fields.
developers spending entire projects “just placing grass on maps,”
Working for so long on one thing can leave you with no fucking idea wha
In general software development this is very apparent when you see people from places with more structure and silo'ing transition to startups where everything is incredibly flat
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