Honestly, I've been programming for almost 5 years now and been learning a whole lot of different technologies, languages, frameworks, etc. since I started so its safe to say I'm barely an intermediate in alot of things. Because 5 years isn't alot of time, I google answers quite often for different reasons. Most of the time, its to figure out how to code something up instead of trying to figure it out myself (I have a general idea how to do it) so that I can get stuff done. Frankly, I'm too lazy to make mistakes. This is pretty bad since I don't really understand why things go wrong most of the time.
yeah :( they offered me starting pay of 60k, which granted is not the worst. It's alot more than other jobs, but I just had a better offer somewhere else that I couldn't say no to (though not in games). I had other priorities that had to come first than my love for games :(
there's a difference between "worst company" and "worst company to work for". worst company is voted upon by everyone. Everyone on the internet, which is the most vocal group, hates EA which is totally understandable.
Worst company to work for is voted by employees. Most people who work at EA enjoy their time there. They might not agree with some company decisions, but overall, it's a great place to work.
Please realize there is a difference and that list is also fairly biased. I mean, its fucked up how a video game company is worse than banks who take billions of money from people through fees, interests, and all other random shit.
I was talking to a friend who works at EA and said most of them were just being moved to EA Redwood Shores. The Maxis studio was a satellite studio out of Emeryville and teams were being migrated to Redwood Shores. "Nothing has changed, Sims 4 and such are still being made" -EA Employee
The internet has made this seem blown way out of proportion.
EA did a fairly poor job with SimCity, I agree. A very, very poor job. EA was named the worst company to work for in the US, but that was years and years ago. They've really done a better job at keeping their developers happy (I worked there two years ago as a dev). I mean sure, Alpha and Beta can still be brutal, but what game studio isn't like this? Overall, I enjoyed working at EA and would work there again if they didn't offer me such a shitty salary. A shitty, shitty salary. Pretty much the only thing I can complain about. Oh, and no free food.
I agree on this point. This seems more like being a white knight than anything. I have nothing against female programmers, in fact, I actually wish more would come into the profession. But this is a bit much.
There will always be assholes everywhere you go. Labeling all male programmers as misogynists is kinda insulting.