Siscon Ani to Brocon Imouto ga Shoujiki ni Nattara - Vol. 4 Ch. 36 - When You Want to Think About the Future
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working at EA has to be the equivalent of a civil servant job in japan lol.
She's going to find it and tell him to become a game programmer. It really doesn't surprise me that Ritsu's head was filled only with Uta. It does surprise me he hasn't thought of anything for his career before the started dating. I mean when they were still pretending that they were pretending.
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really though, liking to play games and making games are two entirely different things. Working in the games industry is hell.
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Game dev can be pure hell, but between one pure hell job and another, it might be best to go to the one that is more in line with your passions. Also, you could theorectically go indie, but good luck with that.
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Tough choice. Doing something you like can be nice, but sometimes it’s better to keep a hobby, a hobby. I like drawing and painting, so I went to school for an art degree with the aim to go into game design or something. It was boring to draw things I didn’t find interesting and when I took a summer painting class, the constant deadlines gave me a taste of what crunch might be like. I got burnt out really fast, changed my major, and haven’t finished a drawing since.
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Only hope for the job to stay fun is to go indie and hit it out of the park, like making hollow knight or cave story.
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@Quiescent-Rose well, that true. Just make a fine money and enjoy your hobby as hobby. Turn it into a work you may even grow to hate it. Especially when you have someone you want to build a family with, a unsteady job with passion shit is hell. Especially art, music,... basically entertainment field that easy inflected by trend.
Lucky me, i have no one. So i can go this path
Lucky me, i have no one. So i can go this path
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Well, one way you can go about that is you do game dev on the side, hoping it kick off, then you quit your job if it does profits.
Then again, I don't think nip's civil servant even have any spare time to sleep nor can quit that easily, so not really a realistic idea.
Then again, I don't think nip's civil servant even have any spare time to sleep nor can quit that easily, so not really a realistic idea.
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I don't know about game design as a career path, that industry's known worldwide for its harsh conditions, mandatory overtime, and comparably low pay. Plus the "crunch". If you want time to enjoy your life and spend time with family, it doesn't seem like a really good career path.
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Yeah, it's kind of like saying "You like eating pastries, why not become a baker?" "Well, because if I become a baker I'll have to get up at 4 in the morning every fucking day, be in bed by 8, have no social life, and lose the ability to smell the baking."
Surely there are jobs in the world besides just hellish civil servitude and hellish game design? I mean, the conditions of work in Japan in general as I understand it kind of suck, but still . . .
Surely there are jobs in the world besides just hellish civil servitude and hellish game design? I mean, the conditions of work in Japan in general as I understand it kind of suck, but still . . .
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Depends on the company. While "the crunch" is inevitable, there are times where it is relatively easy. But that heavily depends on what part of the game you are working on. Sometimes the pay is actually quite good if you are worth it for the company to keep you around. A few of my friends have similar jobs and while they say it can be really tough around 4-8 weeks away from the deadline, most of the rest of the time it is fun since they enjoy what they are doing.
Defiantly not a career path to just choose because you cant decide what else to do though. You HAVE to want it (and love math and coding like they are family). Then again, it may be different depending on where you are in the world too. I have heard a lot of bad stories though too. Not the worst job, but not one if you want a family with loads of free time at hand.
Depends on the company. While "the crunch" is inevitable, there are times where it is relatively easy. But that heavily depends on what part of the game you are working on. Sometimes the pay is actually quite good if you are worth it for the company to keep you around. A few of my friends have similar jobs and while they say it can be really tough around 4-8 weeks away from the deadline, most of the rest of the time it is fun since they enjoy what they are doing.
Defiantly not a career path to just choose because you cant decide what else to do though. You HAVE to want it (and love math and coding like they are family). Then again, it may be different depending on where you are in the world too. I have heard a lot of bad stories though too. Not the worst job, but not one if you want a family with loads of free time at hand.
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