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> Do you mind me asking how you got into server software engineering for a video game? Honestly, it was just chance. My first job out of university was at a smaller studio, and the…

I do! I'm a server software engineer at a video game company. Here are some highlights: - I get to work on a game that I enjoy playing. I've worked on some games that I didn't care…

Ugh, I was not happy reading the email this morning. At least you can say they're being transparent with the FAQ, 'yeah, this will increase your bill'. We already had logging disab…

Agree, I figure this is a significant factor. An anecdote from my studio: My studio is work for hire with mostly Unity devs. The "big ticket" contracts are in Unreal, so the studio…

I'm working on a project that uses Java microservices. The project has an "edge server", except it does more than that. The ES will forward requests to downstream servers, as well …

Yikes! That'd drive me crazy. I'm reminded of the YAGNI ("you aren't gonna need it") principle. Sounds like your coworker could apply it more.

I used C#'s async/await on a project in 2017, and I took to it. I appreciated being able to follow the "relevant" parts of a method, without having to jump around to different call…