More than a year ago I was laid off. Which happens to be a rather common occurrence in the game development field. Like many people in that situation I went into a frantic “search for new job” mode. I was lucky to land a new job at Phosphor Games. Which…
I’ve been both in a position of being managed and of doing management over time, and some times both at once. While talking to a fellow developer about his development problems I realized one difference between management styles when dealing with crises. Companies, and teams, that succeed do “crisis management”…