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screw movember, let's do nouvember. (pg. 18)
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
Yea cause literally not taking weekends, spending almost my entire day involved in this venture, dealing with a business partner who decided to go mental after his mom passed away, working on barely any money, and having a user base of retards who can't do anything but complain about "broken" things that are PEBCAK and have been explained 20,000 times before, and inducing two panic attacks is totally living like a 17 year old.
I wish it was like when I was 17. was more fun in high school. I'd trade being back in HS for this.
On the other hand, we've won an award, been mentioned in gaming media numerous times, and I have been approached with multiple job offers, so I guess its not all that bad. At some point though this thing needs to turn a profit. |
Lol, when real life gets too hard, move back in with your parents. Got it. |
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
multiple job offers |
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| OrangestO |
LOL @ you taking jabs at me for failing.
I won't fail.
You know why?
Cause I barely try and give two s about stuff like school and tests until I absolutely have to. Then I show up and show out. It's a proven formula for me.
I'm well on my way to where I want to be. And I have more experiences under my belt than you'll have in your life. I promise.
If you desire to live with your parents and be close to your family, more power to you.
The world is too big to sit in a basement waiting for your mom and dad to book the next family vacation. |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by Miss Pie
Lol, when real life gets too hard, move back in with your parents. Got it. |
Uh, sure. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by OrangestO
The world is too big to sit in a basement waiting for your mom and dad to book the next family vacation. |
Lol I don't know why, but these burns are always so ing hilarious. :stongue: |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by OrangestO
If you desire to live with your parents and be close to your family, more power to you. |
I don't have any desire to live at home, but at the moment thats the only thing that makes economic sense.
Before the economy went to and I lost my job, I was actually looking at purchasing a house. |
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| srussell0018 |
| The economy is bad, quick everyone stop working and move back in with their parents! |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
At some point though this thing needs to turn a profit. |
Until it does, you're not any different to a 17 year old self-proclaimed "game designer" using a pipe dream to ward off adulthood. |
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| OrangestO |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
I don't have any desire to live at home, but at the moment thats the only thing that makes economic sense.
Before the economy went to and I lost my job, I was actually looking at purchasing a house. |
Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't you offered a well-paying job in Florida at one point?
You're single, 26, why not take it? It's not forever, and who knows, you might have one day looked back and thought it was the best decision you ever made.
Now you'll never know. Because instead of taking a leap of faith and thinking outside of the box, you stay latched onto your mom's nipple and keep comfy in the family nest. |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Until it does, you're not any different to a 17 year old self-proclaimed "game designer" using a pipe dream to ward off adulthood. |
Well no, we were stupid and signed a deal for royalty payments on distribution, which was fine because we were on track to have a promotable product quickly, but then my business partners mom died and he became an emo wreck for almost 2 years, spiraling into a drunken mess last winter when we were approaching a couple different firms for VC. So a project that was too big for two people a year ago (we were looking for VC to hire at least two more programmers) had one person working on it for the last year. Now he is finally sober and back, but yea, we are locked in a contract for distribution that prevents us from selling our assets easily, and he burned a couple bridges in terms of approaching people for capital by basically being drunk on conference calls.
So its a little bit more complicated than that. |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by OrangestO
Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't you offered a well-paying job in Florida at one point?
You're single, 26, why not take it? It's not forever, and who knows, you might have one day looked back and thought it was the best decision you ever made.
Now you'll never know. Because instead of taking a leap of faith and thinking outside of the box, you stay latched onto your mom's nipple and keep comfy in the family nest. |
I did, but no, I am glad I didn't take it. First off Florida sucks. I would never want to live there. Its a pit beyond comparison.
Second, a good friend of mine took a position at the same company about two months ago. From everything he has said, it sounds like it would have ended up sucking. Turn over rate is less than 2 years there (not a single person on the design or programming staff has been there over 2 years), and it aint because the work is hard.
Thirdly, I would have had to give up the project I was already contractually involved in... Which minus the fact that I had already put a solid year of work into it, would mean legal difficulties in maintaining that contract.
All in all it ended up not being worth it. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by OrangestO
Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't you offered a well-paying job in Florida at one point?
You're single, 26, why not take it? It's not forever, and who knows, you might have one day looked back and thought it was the best decision you ever made.
Now you'll never know. Because instead of taking a leap of faith and thinking outside of the box, you stay latched onto your mom's nipple and keep comfy in the family nest. |
Well obviously living at home with your parents is a much better opportunity than taking a well paying job. |
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