50 Hours here but overtime hourly rate is time and a half ie if your hourly rate is 50 bucks an hour and you do 56 hours that week, 6 of those hours will be at $75 an hour. At my last job here I didn't get time and a half, it was a flat hourly rate that was paid out however many hours you worked. Still better than getting…
The game industry exists for pretty a wile already and you don't see a lot of people in their 40-50. Burn out thing is real Even read somewhere , not sure if serious, that life expectancy is not that long for game artists. The rivalry for jobs is huge. Be prepared to compete with those who ask much less for the same job in…
It depends who you talk to really, your friends aren't lying there are plenty of people who've had bad experiences in the games industry. You have to take everyone's opinion with a grain of salt as it's their own take and perspective on what is now a very broad industry. If you speak to some of the guys who work at some of…
Check out this thread: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137206 Part of my reply in it, but there is lots of good info from others beyond me rambling. I think you'll find the industry all depends on people's history, path, expectations, and things like that. It's not cut and dry. There's good and bad and it's…