At one time my greatest ambition was to work for Electronic Arts on its NHL franchise in some capacity. I actually came very close, too. Reading this makes me glad I didn’t come any closer.
For what it’s worth, EA’s NHL games have not been nearly as good as Sega’s ESPN branded NHL games for the past three years. After reading the article linked to above (an account written by the spouse of an EA employee), I think I understand why it hasn’t been keeping up.
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by Chris
15 Nov 2004 at 23:24
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.
by Chris
22 Nov 2004 at 02:06
More from Slashdot: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/21/1746257&from=rss
by Jason
22 Nov 2004 at 09:45
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 bw
01 Dec 2004 at 15:57
…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
01 Dec 2004 at 18:41
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.