A description of hell
Wednesday, 7 September 2005 by Jacob TomawI am reading The Best Software Writing I. It is a collection of the best writing about software from the last year or so. It is a very eclectic collection. The editor, Joel Spolsky, wants to highlight that writing about software can be good and exciting. Although I think that the book is good and exciting from a geek’s perspective, I honestly doubt that most of you would find it interesting.
I was struck when I found this article by ea_spouse. It is about EA, which is part of the notoriously awful game industry. Even though they are not in the same realm of computing, EA and my former employer, AMS, appear to have a lot in common. As I was reading on the train, I had to stop myself from yelling, “Exactly!”
If you have ever wondered why exactly I chose to be unemployed over working at AMS, read the article.