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The new Unity 6 game engine demo looks spectacular but is it enough to convince developers to return? (www.pcgamer.com)
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Professional game makers care very much about how Unity operates as a business these days.

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[–] soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am not in the position to decide which tech we use at the studio, however, as a Senior my voice is certainly heard when it comes to tech decisions.

And for Unity I can only say: No tech is worth the risk of dealing with such a shady company.

[–] SatouKazuma@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well said, though I'd love to know how you managed to promote to senior. I'm stuck in the leadup to that promotion.

[–] soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, that just happened. We didn't have established processes for promotions for a very long time. The company was a tiny startup when I joined (quite literally in the cellar of the company founder's place), with a really flat hierarchy and no distinction in seniority.

At the point when the company started to set up a formal process for promotions, I had already been there for so long, that I was considered one of the most experienced people, and that's how I ended up being filed under "senior coders" in the employee list basically since that category existed... It also was a bit weird, as that happened to coincide with all the COVID lockdown chaos, and I never had a formal promotion talk, just an email with an amandment to my contract, which I didn't even read too carefully, so I didn't realize at first that this was not just the yearly pay increase 😉.

Oh, and believe me, the impostor syndrome is strong with me. I would not have promoted me to that role.

[–] SatouKazuma@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm in a megafirm you've probably heard of, but I've been in this role for my third and fourth YoE, so I'm wondering how long it should take me to get to mid-level/senior.

[–] Mirror Giraffe@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm a tech lead for a software company and it's all very individual and I never judge by how long they have been in the role.

What I'm mainly looking for is how well you

  1. Work in a team and help others.
  2. Understand our stack.
  3. Learn new things. In that order.

Of course sometimes someone can be so exceptional at something and fill a nice role that makes me overlook or reorder that list.