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   Emma (emma@raru.re)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2024 18:57:43 JST Emma

   Is this typical for applications to game-dev positions?

   The first response after my application is them giving me an assignment over two weeks, to program a specified small game from scratch with a number of required features.

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     narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag: (hj@shigusegubu.club)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2024 18:57:29 JST narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag:

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     @emma I did have similar entry tests for dev positions but not game dev specifically.
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     narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag: (hj@shigusegubu.club)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2024 19:02:06 JST narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag:

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     @emma it could be part of their screening process, I'd say put as much effort as they did.
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     Emma (emma@raru.re)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2024 19:02:09 JST Emma

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     @hj yeah somewhere along the process perhaps, but as the first thing they required you to do without any previous talking?

     I've gotten a few initial responses from other just dev positions and that seems highly unusual to me.

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     Emma (emma@raru.re)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2024 19:11:04 JST Emma

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     @hj well it worked, I retracted my application.

     I should have enough responses as is, and I wasn't particularly excited about getting into game-dev anyway...

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     narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag: (hj@shigusegubu.club)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2024 19:11:53 JST narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag:

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     @emma gamedev as a wage sounds like pure hell and torture to me every time I think about it.
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     vaartis running up that hill (vaartis@pl.kotobank.ch)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2024 19:28:03 JST vaartis running up that hill

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     @hj @emma it's not bad if it's not mobile development hell, otherwise it's really as bad as any other dev
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     narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag: (hj@shigusegubu.club)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2024 19:29:17 JST narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag:

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     @vaartis @emma you know that gamedev as a wage most likely means mobage gachashit dev, right?