RE: [Algorithms] Game Developer Salary

[Scott, J. <JS...@ra...>]

>  "Almost the same language"... erhhhh!?? :)
>
>  Reminds me of a friend who went to work for Digital Domain... One day in
>the shops this woman asks him where he's from - "Scotland" he says, "Oh
>really! But you speak such good English!".

You'd be amazed at how much trouble I have getting myself understood
sometimes. Webster also decided to misspell some words, which has caused a
few problems. eg. the secondary attack in Heretic2 is "+defence". I didn't
know at the time =)

>  This is precisely why I opted not to go and work in the US. It's
>ridiculous. That and the fact that you only get 2wks paid holiday (seems to
>be standard, anyway). Sure you can get paid lots more (in theory, anyway),
>but I prefer the freedom I have within the EU.

It's effectively double the salary and half the taxes of a similar job in
the UK. When does anyone get time to go on holiday anyway ? =)

Cheers
John