Recruiter reached out about opportunity with mobile gaming startup - 100K starting comp with promise of significant raise 1 year in. Said they fired last person cause they wouldn't put in the CONT....

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It's a tarp!

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I'm going to say go with your gut on this one. This sounds fishy (no pun intended 🐟) to me.

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Gaming industry is notoriously meat grinding. '. . . wouldn't put in the hours' probably means the last person actually required sleep.

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Hours. Seems like a cool opportunity, but the team is all very junior (less than 2 years out of college) and feel like it could be a trap. Anyone had similar experience that can provide input?

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Unless you hate your job I would advise against it. The person leaving because of 'hours' already sounds fishy. Plus you can make that in Consulting in a couple of years.

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Sounds as real as the Nigerian prince who wired money to me

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The game development industry in general gets away with paying shit money for long hours because people want to make awesome games so they put up with it. I guess in some ways that makes consulting experience directly relevant...

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Admiral Akbar says that it's a trap - run!

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Last one of those I followed through on when the offer from HR came it was ~20k under the recruiters salary range and below what I said I'd ever bother leaving my job for. Long story short be smart and go with your gut here; granted it doesn't hurt to take interview.

I would give it a shot. You can always come back to consulting.

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Please let me know the in hand salary guys!

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