posted Wed 09-11-2005 21:38:07, in the gaming industry () category

Some people ask me whether or not I'm busy with my work, and if I answer \"Yeah kind of!\", some say \"Yeah me too\". Hmm, I wonder if they know what hours gaming developers sometimes need to work in order to meet deadlines, get production going, and to basically get the game done... Just for those people, I'm putting in the following table. Know that these are facts, no made up statistics. Also know that I get paid for 40 hours per week. Any overtime I do I am not getting paid for (not counting the free Grolsch I get to drink ofcourse ;-)).

Date	Time started work	Time left work	Total time worked
Monday 31st	10:00	01:00	15 hours
Tuesday 1st	10:00	00:00	14 hours
Wednesday 2nd	10:00	00:00	14 hours
Tuesday 3rd	10:00	-
Friday 4th	-	21:00	35 hours
Saturday 5th	16:00	01:00	9 hours
Subtotal:			87 hours
Monday 7th	07:30	03:30	20 hours
Tuesday 8th	12:30	-
Today	-	20:00	31.5 hours
Subtotal:			51.5 hours

Yes, you're reading it right. In one-and-a-half week, I worked 138.5 hours, while on a regular monday to friday 9-till-5 job I would have worked only 64 hours. But man do I love my job :) I get to work with cool people, work on a cool project and just do what I like doing most! I feel blessed :)

Ofcourse, ofcourse, it's not always like this, normally I make +/- 50-60 hours each week. But as soon as deadlines get closer, these amounts rise quickly...