Posts tagged workers

Report: Comp-related degree enrollment down 50%

by Alexander Sliwinski (Jun 23rd 2008 11:55AM)

The US may soon join the UK in having a shortage of skilled video game labor. The AP reports that fewer college students are receiving computer-related degrees, an ill-timed problem when baby boomers are now starting to retire. The Computing Research association found a 20% drop this year in ...

UK short on skilled video game labour

by Alexander Sliwinski (Jun 20th 2008 10:00AM)

The BBC reports that British game companies are experiencing a skilled labor shortage. David Braben, chairman of Frontier Development and spokesman for the industry's "Games Up?" campaign, believes 95% of video game degrees aren't preparing students for the real world of development. He says that ...

EA an awful place to work. Awful great!

by Kyle Orland (May 16th 2007 11:15PM)

var digg_url = 'http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/16/ea-an-awful-place-to-work-awful-great/'; Remember when the online buzz about Electronic Arts was all about overworked staff and unpaid overtime? That's so two years ago. The new buzz, apparently, is that EA is the second best place for new ...