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"Crunch culture forces more and more people out of the industry they love. When people hit 35, they leave the industry because they can't keep up with the amount of work that's required, while [companies] exploit the passion of young workers who've always wanted to make games."https://twitter.com/osamadorias/status/1121730925715439619 …
"You're sitting at your desk for 12 hours a day, but you're getting eight hours of work done," he said. "Then you're sitting 14 hours a day to get eight hours of work done." "And then, you're doing 14 hour days and only getting 4 hours of work done." — @TrentOster
Crunch for a week or two can be necessary and useful.
"But when weeks become months, the value of crunch plummets.
@TrentOster says while he was working at BioWare they actively tried to avoid crunch. If crunch is required, he says, it's because something has gone wrong."
hahaha i tried to explain to someone the other day this is why there are so few older game devs, because if they dont leave they die
Yeah, for many studios, this is the case, sadly. It's just not doable for longer periods of time. We're making GAMES, not doing brain surgery. Don't get me wrong, I loooove making games for a living, but no job is worth sacrificing our health and happiness for!
When you're using the same terms militaries use to describe soldiers with PTSD, *maybe* you're working your staff to death. How many people do you reckon have suffered depression, anxiety, etc, b/c they were forced to work absurd hours to meet an arbitrary deadline?
Even ignoring any economic arguments against crunch, the multi-millionaire CEOs of EA, Activision-Blizzard, etc, have basically declared that they're okay with people suffering and dying for the illusion of mild benefits.
This isn't exclusive to the gaming industry. It happens in sports and broadcasting, two industries I've worked in.
Post-grad science research also suffers high rates of burn-out and associated mental health issues... Yet research shows we'd all be more productive working a 4-day week! 
If people would make decisions based on facts and research, even the research would be more effective and efficient.
I left, but then came back. There are employers who got the message about the toxicity of crunch.
That's really encouraging! I hope that continues to spread :)
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