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Is 10 cents an hour a record low wage for a game dev?

by cleerline on 5/29/20, 8:01 PM with 5 comments

• by throw1234651234 on 5/29/20, 8:10 PM

  Misleading clickbait title. Wage implies a hourly rate paid by an employer. This is profit divided by time on a side project.

• by 11thEarlOfMar on 5/29/20, 8:14 PM

  At age 12 I earned 37 cents/hour delivering newspapers. Difference is, I was earning a wage.

  I did have enough sense to calculate that pittance and bail as soon as one of my customers offered me $5 to mow his (considerable) lawn. Gave myself a raise to $2.00/hour!

• by ping_pong on 5/29/20, 8:09 PM

  I think many game developers lose money, which would make it even lower.

• by ct520 on 5/29/20, 8:05 PM

  Might be high for first time indie dev

• by Simulacra on 5/29/20, 9:13 PM

  I'm curious where the author lives. In developing countries ten cents an hour might exist, unfortunately.