Comment on Supermassive Games announces layoffs, up to 75 positions to be affected

• raze2012@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  How is a small company realistically going to test if someone is worth hiring or not.

  we got into this stupid market because we spent decades neglecting training. When you don’t train for what you need, you don’t get good at identifying what skills you really need in order to succeed.

  So this question is already too far gone. If someone has most skills but is missing one: train them for it. Even if the training is as informal as "give them a few weeks in a low stakes environment to work on less valuable (but less risky) work.

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  • GodwayGames@mastodon.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    @raze2012 @HerbGrower
    accurate although not always plausible depending on budget and team size.

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    • raze2012@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      systematic solutions don’t guarantee fixing every single company’s problems. But it usually does mitigate it.

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  • HerbGrower@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You can’t train someone who can’t be brothered

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    • raze2012@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      well that makes the hiring or trial process much easier, no? I don’t think the problem here is “I can’t tell if my employee gives a fuck”.

      And I can tell you that passion is not something lacking in the games industry.

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