I'd also add the new employees are invaluable to improving workflows. Often they can point out inefficiencies from a purely curious POV that you have internalised a workaround for. Some are difficult solutions, others are just a case that no one logged it as an issue.

I always thought that the fear of lacerations from rotors was missing from my every day life

This is really interesting! Thanks for sharing Tom!

Even outside of events, something I always want to say to more junior devs is to stick around for Friday gatherings and mingle. Best way to meet your peers and speak with people you'll likely work with in the future. And should people change jobs, they'll remember you if a related role comes up.

I'd like to add, I'd like to think the (made up) statistic of impressions made on famous devs is: doesn't register=70%, stay away from me=29.99%, you're hired!=0.1%.
Imo best to stick to having interesting discussions with your peers and leave those famous devs alone/don't seek them out.

Hopefully I'm not wrong but I believe the term "smoke test" was an olden times test for pushing smoke through pipes to identify any cracks or leakage before pumping through the intended liquids. So in game dev it's that equivalent.

Man, what a game. Just such strong direction on all fronts. It holds a special place in my heart

For me it will always be the spitfire.

I also noticed an uptick in "I'm winding up an attack... But how long will I wind up for? Tick tick mister bond... If you get your dodge wrong, I will hit you for your whole life bar."

Yeah thoroughly enjoyed it. It's like political backstabbing but not from the people in power but those in the shadows pulling the strings

When I saw Dune TV show, the had my curiosity. When it cast Travis Fimmel, they had my attention.

What does "investing in the cloud" even mean? Are they going to set up their own cloud infrastructure? Just seems like they're mentioning it because it's one of the tech buzzwords.