While I certainly appreciate what Mr. Bartle is saying, and do agree with most of it, as someone working as a designer in the games industry I have to highlight the following: "Stinking my office out with smoke ingrained in their 20-year-old leather jacket does not impress." - The earlier mention of low pay/tough environment/harsh job market means that if you aren't a chain-smoker before you start doing game development, you damn sure will be shortly there-after. They might as well be used to it before they head into the field. :P
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While I certainly appreciate what Mr. Bartle is saying, and do agree with most of it, as someone working as a designer in the games industry I have to highlight the following: "Stinking my office out with smoke ingrained in their 20-year-old leather jacket does not impress." - The earlier mention of low pay/tough environment/harsh job market means that if you aren't a chain-smoker before you start doing game development, you damn sure will be shortly there-after. They might as well be used to it before they head into the field. :P
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