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If only it was a great time to be a game dev too
they need a union... I don't fucking understand how this has not happened yet.
How many more cranches or whatever fuck they call self harm do they need to do before they organize.
At some point wage slave needs to act in its own self interest.
Anecdotally, I know a few game engineers and the vibe I get from them is that the industry does seem to have a weird percentage of hyper-individualist fuckos that think 100h weeks are how they're gonna get somewhere in life.
Yeah that's where I was kinda going with my comment.
They don't think of themselves as labour because they are just temp poor while they become next bezos or gates. Idiots forgot that neither was coder but they sure were dudes from affluent families with access to capital and knwoldge base from elite networks.
But hey as long as they keep grinding 100h the system work as intended. Wage slaves are like the crabs in that bucket.
Most I think want to be the next Wozniak or Paul Allen, do the coding while someone else handles the business side.
Your point still stands though in that those two got in on the ground floor of something new and weren't just wage slaves grinding away.
I have conservative minded friends that have such a hard time grasping that they all need to work to survive and are thus Labor and not Capital. They think having an emergency fund and discretionary spending makes them a step above
well it does for 3-6 month until it runs out 🤡
Kids out of college who are grateful that they're being given a chance to follow their passion don't think they have collective bargaining power, and the people who stay in the industry tend to do so because they enjoy pain.
Probably hard to organize when you're so emotionally broken from overwork.
I know bro... I know :/
Well I mean for an indie dev I guess it actually is a great time. Great engines to choose from (Unreal, Unity, Godot) and now you don't even have to think too much of supporting all of the platforms anymore.
I wouldn't trust Unity for a split second after the licensing fiasco a few months ago.
I agree but it still exists and is technically a great option nonetheless. If one doesn't agree with the licensing mess, they can choose from other options which is just great in my mind.