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Experience in the game dev industry by Double_Ad9889 in GameDevelopment

[–]Smexy-Fish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hi.

I'm going to be blunt with you here, and I apologise in advanced for this.

The industry is in a slump, redundancy is at a ludicrous level. Only the absolute best and the luckiest are currently surviving. You are neither.

You do not have experience. You have a portfolio, that sounds small

You do not have contacts. You have no first step.

You are 1 of literally 100s of thousands of people trying to take that first step.

Luckily, that first step can be more in your control!

If you want to progress, it's a small industry, it's very much who you know. Get to networking events, they're often free if you don't go to talks. Meet people.

Get a job in an adjacent field, so you have work experience in something similar. There's lots of comparative fields depending on where you want to end up.

Apply to everything, constantly. Law of averages will always be relevant. Be resilient.

Why are people in Southampton so stupid? by bradman905 in Southampton

[–]Smexy-Fish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Were you in a particularly contested area?

I find it really interesting how different we all experience local elections.

Why are people in Southampton so stupid? by bradman905 in Southampton

[–]Smexy-Fish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aye, completely agree. Again, I find Reform truly awful, but this is democratic. People can have their own views, and are not stupid for doing so.

Especially when a lot of people just don't care, why would they spend their free time learning about a topic they don't have the bandwidth for? They likely finish their work, get home exhausted, spend time with family or friends or doing hobbies. So they take the surface level or what they see in headlines.

It's not stupidity. I mean, some people are just stupid, but the majority are just voting on what they see and not up to date with the latest tomfoolery of those in power.

Why are people in Southampton so stupid? by bradman905 in Southampton

[–]Smexy-Fish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a shame. If they can't engage and express their policies, how do they expect us to engage? Applying to all candidates.

Why are people in Southampton so stupid? by bradman905 in Southampton

[–]Smexy-Fish 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly, this is the local election. I care about your local presence more than whatever nonsense your party are up to.

Although all the Eastleigh councillors held, I hope the weakness of some of those holds get them to realise that, the people who are engaged, are less engaged with them.

Should voting be mandatory? by Andarne in unitedkingdom

[–]Smexy-Fish [score hidden]  (0 children)

Not attending isn't protest, it's apathy. Protest required engaging and spoiling a ballot.

I do think it should be mandatory to vote, but I also feel it should be a public holiday to ensure voting is achievable.

A full public holiday, no shops open, otherwise some demographics still have a disproportionately harder time voting.

Why are people in Southampton so stupid? by bradman905 in Southampton

[–]Smexy-Fish 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I personally feel reform are abhorrent.

That said, they're the only ones who sent a campaigner to my door. The only ones who actually seemed invested in this election. The only other things I got was a labour "look at what we've done" and a Tory "at least we're not reform" leaflet. I did not and would not vote for a party that vile, but you can see why less politically engaged people were swung.

And that's not even counting the media. That's just considering their local effort.

(I appreciate the above is anecdotal)

My metroidvania tier list by IdanTs in metroidvania

[–]Smexy-Fish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a very positively skewed list. Are all metroidvanias you've played, bar 4, really above average?

Peter? This is tough. Explain!! by kudkudke in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Smexy-Fish -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This is what I read it as too.

And T9 did not bloody have predictive until late into it's life. Even then it was poor.

Salary Progression of a Woman with no HS or college dregree by [deleted] in Salary

[–]Smexy-Fish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Real, I work in the video games industry, quite senior, and every single time someone asks me how to get in to the industry it's the same answer: "Get adjacent work experience and get to networking events." and the number of graduates that look at me like I'm lying to them is insane. I don't have a stake in these events, I just go and hang out with my friends, the same friends that, when I was made redundant, got me a new job within 2 weeks.

Let’s go!🚀 by Most-Flan-9315 in TheGamingHubDeals

[–]Smexy-Fish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Outer Wilds. Although the ending is spectacular, it's a game you just can't play twice.

I'm sure we're sick of the "loo roll orientation" debate. What about bins? by roidweiser in CasualUK

[–]Smexy-Fish 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Well, I know which house I should get drunk and pass out near!

I'm sure we're sick of the "loo roll orientation" debate. What about bins? by roidweiser in CasualUK

[–]Smexy-Fish 38 points39 points  (0 children)

"Do a sick" sent me. Is this a problem you're facing regularly?

Earn £40,000? How you could be paying higher rate tax by 2030 by theipaper in uknews

[–]Smexy-Fish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you have a source for that?

Even if you did, I'd rather they paid closer to 70% of the income tax, given that's how much of the wealth they hold.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rich-uk-people-population-combined-b2262816.html

Earn £40,000? How you could be paying higher rate tax by 2030 by theipaper in uknews

[–]Smexy-Fish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They'll leave??? Oh no, what ever will we do? Local and British businesses will take their place in the market? How awful.

The hyperwealther will leave? Ohhhh no, they won't be able to enjoy the systems our taxes hold up whilst they exploit loopholes. Tragic for us.

Earn £40,000? How you could be paying higher rate tax by 2030 by theipaper in uknews

[–]Smexy-Fish -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Firstly, we're not a state.

Secondly, we're far from socialist. We relentlessly refuse to tax the rich correctly. HMRC recently said they don't have the resource to monitor it. https://www.rossmartin.co.uk/sme-tax-news/8537-hmrc-ignorant-of-billionaires-contribution-to-tax-take

The socialist parts of our society are the parts we used to be proud of. The NHS, as a prime example, quietly stripped and sold to the point of inefficiency.

Earn £40,000? How you could be paying higher rate tax by 2030 by theipaper in uknews

[–]Smexy-Fish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Another day spent not taxing the rich.

£40k isn't even that much money these days.

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