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Lego to expand online ambitions by tripling total of software engineers

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Re: Lego to expand online ambitions by tripling total of software engineers

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Post by karmakaze »

Some absolute numbers for context. That's a scale I didn't expect.

> Based in the remote Jutland town of Billund, Lego last month officially opened its digital hub in Copenhagen, adding to existing software centres in London and Shanghai. The group aims to employ 1,800 software workers by the end of 2023, triple the number it had at the start of last year, with about 400 of them based in Copenhagen.

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Post by extrememacaroni »

Anyone remember Lego’s Spybotics? It was a hacking themed flash game. So many hours spent on it, it was one of the first flash games I played and was fascinated by how cool it looked.

I’m not sure if I went to pogo.com to play it or not.

Re: Lego to expand online ambitions by tripling total of software engineers

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Post by otikik »

karmakaze wrote: post #3

Some absolute numbers for context. That's a scale I didn't expect. > Based in the remote Jutland town of Billund, Lego last month officially opened its digital hub in Copenhagen, adding to existing software centres in London and Shanghai. The group aims to employ 1,800 software workers by the end of 2023, triple the number it had at the start of last year, with about 400 of them based in Copenhagen.

There was no mention of remote jobs in the article. I also gave their careers page[1] a look, and found no remote offers at all on the Digital/Engineering areas.

Maybe I missed something. If I didn't, as someone who is currently struggling to hire software workers right now, I will say those numbers sound ... optimistic.

[1] https://www.lego.com/careers

Re: Lego to expand online ambitions by tripling total of software engineers

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Post by pingpongrandom »

extrememacaroni wrote: post #5

Anyone remember Lego’s Spybotics? It was a hacking themed flash game. So many hours spent on it, it was one of the first flash games I played and was fascinated by how cool it looked. I’m not sure if I went to pogo.com to play it or not.

Was this the one where you started in a jungle, and you had to use a first-gen mindstorms kit to explore Inca-like ruins? If so, yes - and that game was epic. Loved it to bits.

EDIT: I think I may be thinking of something else - regardless, found a flash archive of the old games here: http://biomediaproject.com/bmp/lmp/games/lego-game-archive-c...

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