- Feb 20, 2019
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I'd bet it's unemployed(or employed in some non-related profession) Discord randos that have "portfolios" that if slightly dug into, would be a direct copy/paste of one of the 1000s of YouTube tutorials for everything from websites to games to apps or even GitHub repos. In defense of these game devs, it can be hard to vet programmers without being a professional yourself. These people are willing to take much lower pay while promising a completely unrealistic timeline for what they're proposing so it seems like a win win to both sides. They're completely unaware that they're at the peak of Mt. Stupid in a Dunning Kruger chart.One does wonder where adult game artists find their coders. Referrals? Discord DM randos? I don't remember DC ever putting out a proper hiring announcement, but he'll suddenly have a new coder and a team full of posers from all across the globe on a moment's notice. I get that there's probably not a fantastic pool of talent out there, but how do we know if any of these people are actually capable of whatever pie-in-the-sky vision the artist cooks up?