Video games like CD Projekt Red’s forthcoming Cyberpunk 2077 are increasingly made under grueling working conditions — a particular irony for a game adopting the cyberpunk genre which, at its best, critiques the dystopian power abuses that so starkly characterize our world.
      • Terkrockerfeller [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        What's the job like? Long story short I've come all the way back around to "actually maybe being a bug tester wouldn't be so bad after all"

        • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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          4 years ago

          It's not a bad job as jobs go. It sort of takes over your life, but I like my coworkers, and it pays better than anything else I've had. Advancement is almost nonexistent, people cry in the office sometimes, there's constant little reminders that the point of the job is to let the publisher cover their ass and it doesn't have an effect all that much on the quality of the game.

          If you've got a passion for video games, it'll cure that. If you're looking for a job and you can work with socially inept people go for it.

          • Terkrockerfeller [she/her]
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            4 years ago

            I'm a socially inept person who's good at breaking games but also knowing my work is completely pointless means I wouldn't last long I think

        • throwawaylemmy2 [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          It's a cycle, he'll probably be "fired"/let go after the next CoD releases and there's no need for a hotfix/patch. Development cycles basically go: Hire a bunch of folks->Crunch around 6 months to launch->Let go/"fire" people about 2-3 months after launch->Skeleton crew to support->ramp up minorly for DLC->Repeat.