Lead developers leave Apex
Another dev leaves Respawn, more specifically Apex Legends. Jason McCord, the Design Director at Respawn has said his goodbye on twitter. It seems that he’s leaving in good terms. Devs come and go i...
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@hayhor wrong, people leave jobs only if:
a) they messed up and don't want to clean it (might be Apex case) or they are just fired for it
b) people realize that they can't "act like working" no more and employer finally demands results
c) someone pays more for the same amount of work
d) current employer is just a D#$#, values do not match between the person and the company, company shifts from startup mentality to corporate efficiency mode aka milk the cow atmosphere
But I mean that it can't get much worse :D hope he was responsible for anti-cheat development :D
a) they messed up and don't want to clean it (might be Apex case) or they are just fired for it
b) people realize that they can't "act like working" no more and employer finally demands results
c) someone pays more for the same amount of work
d) current employer is just a D#$#, values do not match between the person and the company, company shifts from startup mentality to corporate efficiency mode aka milk the cow atmosphere
But I mean that it can't get much worse :D hope he was responsible for anti-cheat development :D
@EREGDSsometimes people might also change jobs just to experience a new environment.
I don't think I've seen mentioned yet that people who make a career out of creating things like to - you know - create things. Rather than working on maintaining a several year old game.
- @pandareno1999 I think I implied this a bit earlier but thank you for clearly stating it. People seem to forget at one time the respawn devs were the ones that made COD.
@hayhormy point was more about the fact that if people work in a good or let's be honest closer to the ideal place they are less likely to leave, because:
a) they know stuff they are doing and most of us are reluctant to change
b) they are paid the most or close to that in the industry, sure at some point you get 100k in your savings account or more and say "money is not a motivation for me" but still rarely people do take pay cuts
c) usually companies that pay the most also are leaders in other important aspects of the job - the scale of the projects, ability to improvise, experiment, invent aka waste resources for a greater good, less stressful environment, etc.
And in this case, I mean the dude you mentioned is a lead developer for the currently most popular BR game that makes billions in revenue...question arises what is there not to love.
Also from a development perspective or any other production perspective, there is room for worrying when a lead person leaves:
- how much knowledge will be left untransferred
- who will step in and will he/she be able to guide the team/process as well or there will be short term chaos
- what will be new ideas - outright crazy that will kill the vibe or be in line with the previous flow
- etc.
Staff rotation is common everywhere because as many said people sometimes are just irrational and want to change for the sake of change and a potential realization that it was the worst mistake of their lives, yet they still do it 🙂 but that definitely involves some risks, worries, room for error, and potential underwater stones that indicate something bad about the particular company they used to work for.
Anyway let's wait and see 🙂
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