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nhunter
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
This was a regular practice when I worked on services at EA. Old games had online components shut down or de-registered. The utilization of the game was always a factor, but games that were 2-3 years old, particularly in sports, got discontinued regularly - with player communication involved.
nhunter
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
EADP is one of the central teams within the company. By far, they have a much better experience than any of the product teams (less OT, lower expectations, less funding). Product teams are responsible to deliver on timelines regardless of the support they can get centrally, so teams like EADP get more opportunity to push back, and that pushback turns into OT on the product teams.

tl;dr: Central Team experience at EA is VASTLY different than being on a game team. It's great if you're on a central team at EA, but I'd never work on a game team if I enjoy seeing my family (plus EA pays at least 50% less than similar roles with skills that would still be needed outside of gaming)
nhunter
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
It's an entertaining read, but mostly subjective opinion. I love doom predictions in general, they're always correct if you wait long enough and keep the framing loose, like saying we're in the process of collapsing. Something will eventually cause a severe global disruption, and when it happens it's easy to just say you were off on the timeline.
nhunter
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
Every time some limitation is predicted, particularly when the only limitation is investment, it's usually surpassed. There's more extraction that can be done, and more efficiencies that can be found, so we're not at 'peak', but I can believe that we're at a point of diminishing returns.
nhunter
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
I've been feeling burned out since just before the pandemic when my boss had a breakdown from burn out himself. He had sheltered the team quite a bit, and when he left, new managers tore the team apart and the purpose that I had for almost a decade disappeared.

That lead into a big downturn in my personal emotional and mental health, not helped by lots of issues in my personal life. I changed jobs, luckily still within my field, and now about a year later things are starting to feel more stable. My personal life is still in turmoil tho to the point where stress and burnout cost me the relationship with my partner, where we're in the process of separating now. It's been 2.5 years now, and I have no doubt that it will be years more.

It's burn out that started with work and just turned into full life burnout. The answer is always do less, not more. I've been trying to minimize my commitments and focus on what's core. Health, taking care of my son, my job, and my future. But it's all a setback where I wish I had been more proactive about my calm and my overall health. There's still lots of life left, this is just a wake up call about how to live the remainder of it well.