2008-06-18 #1

Skills shortage hits games firms

This BBC article claims that Skills shortage hits games firms. I wonder if this could posssibly be related an earlier BBC article entitled Games industry 'burns out talent'. Perhaps if the industry provided rewarding long-term careers to experienced developers, rather than short-term exploitation of a continuous stream of beginners, then they wouldn’t be in this position. Rather than concentrating on training new developers, they should look at re-attracting former developers back into the game industry with competitive salaries and sustainable workloads. Also, doing a better job at retaining the talent that they already have, would also help.