Gaming IndustryJun 8, 2019
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Moving from EA to Blizzard?

Would there be benefits to doing this? What are your thoughts on making this switch?

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Apple kfdvnyx Jun 8, 2019

They both suck

United Wholesale Mortgage zpyM13 Jun 8, 2019

Besides lower TC for game dev SWE’s, what’s bad about working for a company like Blizzard?

EA dietPepsi Jul 11, 2019

It’s really not that bad.

Activision Blizzard XNzi48 Jun 8, 2019

I've never worked at EA but from hearing about it from people who have, you would probably have less stress at Blizzard. TC is a ongoing struggle at Blizzard though, but there are other perks like stability and culture.

Databricks data4u Jun 8, 2019

Stability? Not any more at least since 2016

Activision Blizzard XNzi48 Jun 8, 2019

Still feels pretty stable TBH. Sure it's not flying on rails with zero issues but compared to how I'm sure it is at some other places, it doesn't feel that bad.

United Wholesale Mortgage zpyM13 Jun 8, 2019

@Blizzard, would you say most swe’s are working on currently releases game content, or new IP?

Activision Blizzard choose Jun 10, 2019

Go to blizzard if you just want to be a lifer somewhere and have decent WLB and fairly low stress Theres a saying i made up, orange county is where young people go to die Sounds dark but what it means is, this is the place many people move to, raise kids, keep a job until retirement (or at least stay in the same area) Theres a lot of older people at blizzard who have been around for ages and never intend to go anywhere else because its fairly chill, although recent stuff has made it a little rougher, its still a pretty relaxing place to be compared to other studios

United Wholesale Mortgage zpyM13 Jun 10, 2019

One day...

Twitch Yamazaki21 Jun 10, 2019

Would advise staying far away from blizzard. Shit show

Activision Blizzard uGoTMoBiLe Jun 10, 2019

Can confirm it’s a shit show at Blizzard. Stick with EA

Activision Blizzard 86753on Jun 10, 2019

Irvine is the Safest City in America multiple years in a row. You can imagine what that actually means. Also Blizzard is only good if you can get on a game team. QA is garbage, Whatever the fuck today’s name for Battle.net is is garbage, the pay is garbage (unless you own a van and want to eat cup noodle forever)

Activision Blizzard 86753on Jun 10, 2019

It hurts to tell people to stay away from Blizzard. It was my dream company.

Riot Games jadukn Jun 12, 2019

Plan on getting randomly stopped a lot by police in Irvine if non white

Activision Blizzard 82736371 Jun 10, 2019

If you need stability stay away for a bit. If you're willing to take a chance come on over. The next couple years are huge for us.

Twitch Yamazaki21 Jun 10, 2019

Wait... Why? Word is that there's like nothing in the pipeline

Activision Blizzard HumbleHarr Jun 10, 2019

One game cancellation != an empty pipeline. We must be hiring more devs for a reason 😉

Riot Games .::. Jun 10, 2019

You can always come to Riot if you are not happy at EA and Blizzard doesn’t seem appealing enough. :) Good WLB (no crunch), better comp than most game studios and nice perks.

United Wholesale Mortgage zpyM13 Jun 11, 2019

Yeah but look at all the bad press

Riot Games .::. Jun 11, 2019

I think it was good that the first article came out as that triggered investigations and some cleanup of stuff that happened in the past. Things are better these days things are much better though and what you see in the press is just them milking the story for all they can.