Smit Patel : Gametion Technologies Team Lead, Ludo King With Over 800M Downloads | FireDEV | EP3
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:00:57 - What projects are you working on at Gametion?
0:01:36 - What is it like working for a developer with an app that has over 800 million downloads?
0:06:28 - How many offices does Gametion have?
0:07:45 - What's it like working at home vs in the office?
0:10:22 - What do you think of hybrid working?
0:12:23 - How did you find Covid?
0:14:35 - What made you become a developer?
0:19:16 - What did you do on NOVA 2?
0:21:44 - Playing Counter-Strike at work whilst waiting for games to compile
0:23:48 - Where did you go after Gameloft?
0:26:47 - Growing your game studio to 10 people
0:31:04 - Did you pay your employees?
0:32:47 - Did your game studio have physical offices?
0:33:37 - Making no money running your own business
0:34:46 - How did your family cope with your business not making you money for 5 years
0:39:58 - Would you start your own studio again?
0:41:49 - What is your experience with Cocos2d-x?
0:45:09 - Cocos Creator vs Cocos2d-x?
0:50:46 - What do you think of AXMOL formerly known as AXYS?
0:53:07 - What do you wish you knew when you started your development journey?
0:57:29 - Do you regret becoming a developer?
0:58:21 - What do you hate about being a developer?
1:00:13 - If you could work on any product past, present or future, what would it be?
1:01:40 - Why do you prefer making game tools over making games?
1:06:36 - Funny Gameloft story
1:12:10 - What do you think of the interview process in the gaming industry?
1:16:20 - Do you like coding interviews?
1:18:55 - What careers did you think about growing up instead of programming?
1:21:29 - Do you have a dream company to work at?
1:21:54 - Do you have family and friends that are developers that helped?
1:23:38 - As a game developer play games?
1:31:52 - Do you like DRM???
1:35:36 - Would you ever switch careers?
1:37:02 - Do you code outside of work?
1:38:34 - Did you go to university?
1:39:30 - Would you recommend going to university to people?
1:40:53 - What myths about programming did you have before starting?
1:42:14 - How do you keep up with the latest trends in technology?
1:44:50 - Would you rather run a 10-person company or a 1000-person company?
1:47:02 - Does money buy you happiness?
1:47:35 - 5 million upfront or 500,000 a year for the rest of your life
1:48:07 - How would you invest your money?
1:48:41 - What does your current investment portfolio look like?
1:49:29 - What's your favourite board game?
1:50:45 - What's your favourite video game?
1:51:05 - What video game are you looking forward to?
1:51:36 - What advice would you give as a developer?
1:55:48 - Wrap up