Stratagon ...?
SO ... i'm looking for companies close to me in the south florida region ... all i can find was stratagon because i had a friend who worked there. Anyone have any opinions about this company and is there maybe some other company is south florida i could look into
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I don't really have an opinion but a friend of mine worked there about six years ago and had some paychecks bounce, could possibly chalk that up them being a new company and underestimating operating costs.
Oh, and they aren't being run by teachers.
Not trying to cause trouble, I can't remember the teacher's name, I think it was Mike - this was back in 2002-2003. I'd feel irresponsible if I didn't mention the paycheck thing - It was when they were working on a Hot Wheels game that got canned.
I do know that at least now they are pretty solid and I haven't ever heard of that type of stuff going on. There is a company down here called Virtual Prophecies that has an AIFL teacher named Mike working for them, however I dont know their fate since I haven't heard much of them.
Their doing fine, I just spoke with mike and their working on a project he could not talk about. But those guys are still kicking.
no doubt, thats good to hear in these times.
yeah, he mentioned he needed programmers ... not my forte.
I would have LOVED to have been on the team, and in fact I re-applied a couple of days ago. Fingers still crossed.
Is there a site with a list of outsourcing companies like SiD, and Liquid Development?
I learned alot from the people but I heard that lately that studio isnt to hot. Still around...but not hot.
SID Dosent really bring in alot of interns and hires on only really cream of the crop. My experiences with them werent many but I know a few people who work there who were considered the schools talented and tight nick'ed (and still talented) members so im sure they got there positions accordingly.But I remember certain groups got jobs there, so if your talking to the right people, start doing it now
My experiences with strat' you know first hand when I talked to you, so if there still around realize those stories I told you would be your everyday work place.
Your better moving to the west coast like I did. Im back in my field already in less then 3 months
Yeah sorry about that, since we're still a relatively small studio we don't have a dedicated HR person, so when a client like GBX or Infinity Ward needs a lot of stuff done, everyone kinda drops what they are doing an focus fires on that, when we do resume average work load it can be easy to forget what was going on before. If you feel we might have forgotten about you, resubmit and say Hey! you guys forget about me? It happens :P
[EDIT] Resubmit sent, here's hoping things there have slowed down. Thanks a lot for the info, Cybroxide, it's much appreciated.