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Originally Posted by Vdesign  Show off 
When I was going to school to learn to program games and what not, i heard a lot of horror stories about the hours a lot of developers have to work. Correct me if im wrong, b/c i am no expert, just going on what i heard/read, but games are usually on tight deadlines so being only 5 developers on your team, your hours must be extremely long. I remember reading an article by a 'wife' of a developer that worked at EA that worked 7 days week and 12 hour days almost all year around. What are the hours like for your job? |
Overworking is extremely counter productive. Even if it's work that you love, making games wears you out if it's all you do. If you want to maximize productivity you have to acknowledge the value of rest.
I know a Swedish development studio that more or less banned overtime, they realized how much progress was lost because of tired workers pushing on. And it was the company that realized this and enforced this on the employees. Game developers love their job so much they don't want to go home and can't see the drawbacks of working long hours.