In my last post my friend Dave commented thusly:
I know you’re out of games and I know you’re not into moving away any time soon. But I feel I must say that BioWare Austin does have many programmer positions currently open and actively hiring. And I’m not saying this just to get an iPad. I’m saying this because I know you’d like it here.
Dave, you tempt me, but
a) the last time I tried to apply to Bioware Austin they didn’t seem particularly interested in me, even though Wynne vouched for me. I don’t think anything has happened that would make me any more appealing to them now.
b) we have no money to move and are not in a moving mode anyway, and
3) EA Louse seems to suggest that Bioware may be having some troubles of their own. I hate to be swayed by such fearmongering, but this is my family I’m talking about.
So I’ll be sticking it out up here. I think finding another contract job as well as getting Inaria ready for publication is my best bet right now.
I’ll answer point by point, if I may.
a) Things change. They’re hiring for different positions and they have lots of openings.
b) These are full time positions, so that means EA money moves you.
3) EA Louse was Mythic employee about to be laid off and bitching about Mythic. In his two paragraphs about a game he has never worked on, he says that he thinks it’s going to fail in contrast to the opinions of the hundreds of people who work here and ALL of the gaming press.
But, I can understand your concerns and Inaria would probably go on indefinite hold if you were an EA Employee (or they’d need a right of first refusal, etc.)
Was it Michigan? It’s so cold in there ur balls probably froze stuck and you can’t move out of there.
Sane Dude: “Move out of Michingan man, it’s too cold up there.”
Michigan Dude: “I can’t, my balls are stuck in the ground, they are frozen.”
Sane Dude: “Use cool aid!”
Michingan Dude: “What do you think I was drinking when I made the decision to move up here?”
Michigan is so cold people would be moving out of there if they could. But I guess it’s better than being unemployed and living in Las Vegas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXGIJLmD2OA
Damn, that dude is cool. Hey, maybe he lost all his money in the casino or something. Or maybe he’s a programmer, it’s hard getting a job, last time I tried to get a job they were like:
“Would you like to debug some code?”
“You mean debug code?”
“Not quite, more like finding unusual cases that are beneficial.”
“?!?” <— What the fuck!
I didn't get the job.
I wouldn’t be in a rush to join any company that is working on a big budget, highly risky MMO right now. That is just asking to be laid off a month after the game releases (and tanks).
Handshakes, I hate to agree with you, but I agree with you.