Re: [GD-General] what you look for in a coder...

[Noel L. <nl...@co...>]

On Tuesday 08 June 2004 08:43 am, CAVEY GERARD wrote:
> Someone here spoke about the stress during an interview :
> do you think it is really important , do you think the social aspect of the
> coder is really important ?Will you deny a good engineer because he doesn t
> talk so much ...

I'd say the social aspect is extremely important. Game development is a team 
activity. Any programmer/coder/engineer in a functional team is going to have 
to interact frequently with other programmers/artists/designers. Someone who 
can't interact in a normal way with the rest of the team, even in situations 
of stress and personal critique, could be a liability to the team.

But that's very different than not talking very much or not liking the same TV 
shows as the rest of the team.

While on the subject, something else to look for in a team member that I don't 
think anybody has mentioned: Diversity.

Getting people from different backgrounds, different companies (very 
important!), who approach problems in different ways, think differently, have 
different hobbies, read different books, and play different games can only 
strengthen your team in the long run. You just have to keep them from killing 
each other :-)


--Noel
Games from Within
http://www.gamesfromwithin.com