Comments on: Electronic Arts = Evil? http://www.jasonclarke.net/archives/2004/11/15/electronic-arts-evil/ Software, Hockey, and random ramblings. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:19:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jason http://www.jasonclarke.net/archives/2004/11/15/electronic-arts-evil/#comment-189 Jason Thu, 02 Dec 2004 01:41:37 +0000 http://www.jasonclarke.net/archives/2004/11/15/electronic-arts-evil/#comment-189 That may be true, but when I interviewed there, the "are you willing to do long hours" question was asked, but it was definitely glossed over. I had no idea at the time that they were talking those kinds of hours. That may be true, but when I interviewed there, the “are you willing to do long hours” question was asked, but it was definitely glossed over. I had no idea at the time that they were talking those kinds of hours.

]]> By: bw http://www.jasonclarke.net/archives/2004/11/15/electronic-arts-evil/#comment-188 bw Wed, 01 Dec 2004 22:57:54 +0000 http://www.jasonclarke.net/archives/2004/11/15/electronic-arts-evil/#comment-188 ...went for a quick tour of the of EA studio in Burnaby last week. Quite an impressive place. You definitely feel the "live at work" culture with the creature comforts not available at most work places. Although, living your job might have been more cool pre-tech-bubble, it's definitely lost some appeal... especially here in west coast Canada were life balance is important. To play devil's advocate, I think that most people who are working there, chose the path. Although I feel sorry for the wife of an EA employee who sounds very sincere, some of the other stories out there don't evoke my sympathy. When people defend their actions with painstaking insignificant details, it reaks of "I dug my own grave". …went for a quick tour of the of EA studio in Burnaby last week. Quite an impressive place. You definitely feel the “live at work” culture with the creature comforts not available at most work places. Although, living your job might have been more cool pre-tech-bubble, it’s definitely lost some appeal… especially here in west coast Canada were life balance is important. To play devil’s advocate, I think that most people who are working there, chose the path. Although I feel sorry for the wife of an EA employee who sounds very sincere, some of the other stories out there don’t evoke my sympathy. When people defend their actions with painstaking insignificant details, it reaks of “I dug my own grave”.

]]> By: Jason http://www.jasonclarke.net/archives/2004/11/15/electronic-arts-evil/#comment-128 Jason Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:45:52 +0000 http://www.jasonclarke.net/archives/2004/11/15/electronic-arts-evil/#comment-128 Wow, the New York Times weighed in with bad press for EA. You can bet they won't like that. Thanks for the link! Wow, the New York Times weighed in with bad press for EA. You can bet they won’t like that. Thanks for the link!

]]> By: Chris http://www.jasonclarke.net/archives/2004/11/15/electronic-arts-evil/#comment-127 Chris Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:06:33 +0000 http://www.jasonclarke.net/archives/2004/11/15/electronic-arts-evil/#comment-127 More from Slashdot: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/21/1746257&from=rss More from Slashdot:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/21/1746257&from=rss

]]> By: Chris http://www.jasonclarke.net/archives/2004/11/15/electronic-arts-evil/#comment-122 Chris Tue, 16 Nov 2004 06:24:29 +0000 http://www.jasonclarke.net/archives/2004/11/15/electronic-arts-evil/#comment-122 You might also want to check out this Slashdot story: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/13/208253 It links to a college-industry liaison who describes, in copious detail, his experiences at EA and his reflections on what kinds of graduates might want (and be well suited) to work there someday. You might also want to check out this Slashdot story:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/13/208253

It links to a college-industry liaison who describes, in copious detail, his experiences at EA and his reflections on what kinds of graduates might want (and be well suited) to work there someday.

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