And here I thought the tweet was saying you get paid to play video games all day...
A Video Game That Pays: Lessons Learned from Working Remotely
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#42>A Video Game that Pays Errr..no. I only played video games because they were fun, not because I made any money from them. While the job or workplace, for the vast majority of people on this earth, including those in SW development, is mostly an activity done out of necessity of not being homeless and not starving, usually picked on the basis of the highest compensation because that's what pays the bills, not out of…
> Errr..no. I only played video games because they were fun What is a game? I would say that a game is an abstract system used to understand our reality (or experiences in life), via a series of interactive actions that alter the system. Generally there is a set of goals (usually just to "win"). I develop software because it's a game. I do watch a lot of progress bars. Aside from that, it's one of my favorite games (…
Agreed 100%. A courtroom trial is also a sort of game, but it's not typically fun for those involved. Much the opposite...
Re: A Video Game That Pays: Lessons Learned from Working Remotely
#43>A Video Game that Pays Errr..no. I only played video games because they were fun, not because I made any money from them. While the job or workplace, for the vast majority of people on this earth, including those in SW development, is mostly an activity done out of necessity of not being homeless and not starving, usually picked on the basis of the highest compensation because that's what pays the bills, not out of…
> usually picked on the basis of the highest compensation because that's what pays the bills, not out of which is most fun. I think you should reconsider some of your life choices then. You're spending a large part of your life working. Why wouldn't you choose a job that's fun? > job and tasks at work also happen to be an activity that's fun to you but that's super rare, and it's best not to spend your life searching…
I’m sure they bring this mentality to work and make it miserable for everyone else too
Re: A Video Game That Pays: Lessons Learned from Working Remotely
#44All we have to do now is interrupt your game several times a day so you can sit in a room and watch an NPC read every word on every slide on a Powerpoint presentation, or listen to several of them make decisions about a subject they know nothing about.
This is the 1hr long unskippable cutscene...
Re: A Video Game That Pays: Lessons Learned from Working Remotely
#45> Remote work is like playing a video game (…)
Haha, no; at least not much more than regular work is - and it all depends on a particular workplace.
Can you have a peaceful on-site office job with lots of uninterrupted focus time and challenging and engaging tasks? Yes.
Can you have a miserable remote job with pointless meetings, deadlines, context switching and an overbearing meaninglessness? Also yes.
Re: A Video Game That Pays: Lessons Learned from Working Remotely
#46All we have to do now is interrupt your game several times a day so you can sit in a room and watch an NPC read every word on every slide on a Powerpoint presentation, or listen to several of them make decisions about a subject they know nothing about.
This is the 1hr long unskippable cutscene...
And for some reason if I get up and leave to get a drink of water or use the bathroom, _I'm_ the asshole.
Re: A Video Game That Pays: Lessons Learned from Working Remotely
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is a privilege to only have to play video games for fun. In college, I played World of Warcraft just to farm gold, just to get by.
Doesn’t that pay less than minimum wage?
does every country have a minimum wage? WoW is a bit old now but this kind of thing is still happening in eg Venezuela
https://www.polygon.com/features/2020/5/27/21265613/runescap...
who knows where the person you're responding to was living when they needed to farm gold to get by
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#49>A Video Game that Pays Errr..no. I only played video games because they were fun, not because I made any money from them. While the job or workplace, for the vast majority of people on this earth, including those in SW development, is mostly an activity done out of necessity of not being homeless and not starving, usually picked on the basis of the highest compensation because that's what pays the bills, not out of…
It is a privilege to only have to play video games for fun. In college, I played World of Warcraft just to farm gold, just to get by.
>In college, I played World of Warcraft just to farm gold, just to get by.
Is that also not a privilege? In most developing countries people have to do much more body or mind crushing activities to support themselves.
Re: A Video Game That Pays: Lessons Learned from Working Remotely
#50Sure, why not? In this age who can tell what work even is anymore, and even less so games.
Given how much time and money is invested in things like Euro Truck and Farming Simulator, I have been silently awaiting the era where people pilot (real world) drones doing real world work, and pays for the privilege.
That's when it has gone full circle. I hope I'm still around to comment on it. I also hope pensions still exist so I don't need to take part.