Friday Funk: It’s a Small World After All July 18, 2008
Posted by Kendricke in Out of Character.Tags: Activision, Dancing, Matt Harding
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A few years ago, Matt Harding worked for Activision making video games. Eventually, he figured out that wasn’t quite what he wanted to, so he up and quit and started wandering Asia.
Fast-forward a few years, and he managed to convince the folks at Stride gum to finance a trip around the world, where Matt proceeded to visit no less than 42 different countries where he would then dance like an idiot…and invite locals to join in with him!
Commentary aside, this is perhaps one of the best videos I’ve seen online ever. There’s a great story to go with it if you’re interested. Otherwise, just watch and enjoy.
How Much for that Coder in the Window? July 18, 2008
Posted by Kendricke in The Gaming Industry.Tags: salaries
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How much are SOE programmers making?
Well, if they’re brought into the U.S. on a work visa, then according to the data gleaned by Christer Ericson (Director of Tools and Technology, Sony Santa Monica), then, “the average programmer salary across all applications was $87K. The average for senior programmers was $103K, and for lead programmers $109K.”
It’s actually terribly interesting how he managed to glean this information (perhaps more interesting than the information itself), and I advise taking a peek at his “Real Time Collision Detection” blog if you’re interested in learning his source or methods.
A hat tip to Brenda Brathwaite at the Applied Game Design blog for bringing this subject to our attention.
