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From: "Peter Wright" <dafrog@dapad.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Great Industry bust-ups...
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 20:28:01 +0000
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There is a shortage of skilled games developers out there, and development
houses are very picky about who they hire. This is why you keep seeing the
same companies advertising over and over in Next Gen and Edge. 

In addition, some companies have a policy of being always on the lookout for
talent, again hence the ads. The theory goes that if there is someone out
there brimming with talent, then the companies advertising aren't going to
let them wander off and write a competitive product. 

Peter.
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In article <36a8152b.493256585@news.scea.sony.com>, matth@bellatlantic.net
(Matthew Hulett) wrote:


>   Nick,
>
>>Finally, a plug for the new site I write for - Loonygames! Check this
>>article out for a somewhat sobering look at working in the games industry...
>>
>>http://www.loonygames.com/content/1.20/btc/
>
>   Good article. One thing really surprised me about it. The happy
>ending. Why? Because, in every issue of Next Generation I read, two
>companies always have help wanted ads in the back. Stormfront, and
>Tiburon. To hear Stormfront is a good company to work for is a
>surprise, considering they never cease advertising for new hires. Must
>be a strategy to that approach...
>   Learn something new everyday.
>
>-Matt
>   
>