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[Vincent Diepeveen]

Even though i'm at liberty to quote names here, i was not too long ago negotiating for a job at a big gaming company. After some talking i very quickly figured out there that this huge major company that everyone knows basically had no job for me that is of any interest. The salary they offered also was just a joke. Not even serious salary for a senior engineer let alone someone with 100 IQ points more. About 50% less than normal senior engineers in software make in Netherlands actually. I soon found out why.

They don't have their own 3d engine though they will never admit this when selling their products. Now i'm not here to throw mudd at them, you wouldn't even believe it i guess. This was a billion dollar company you know...

Yet fact is they pay idiotic salary and get back guys who are not so very well for that. This is how they run their billion dollar companies and somehow get away with it.

So it's not just the fact they buy in elsewhere, which is simply a decision you can make; there is simply no culture of hiring any good people as well.

The persons who have these huge employers at their CV/resume - i would never hire them - they have no idea how to produce high quality bugfree software you know - they're used only to work with total idiots.

Vincent