I interviewed at a game dev in CPT this week. It was really interesting to see what they work on. They showed me a percentage split between doing commissioned games, commissioned simulators for various industries such as the medical industry and then time spent working on in-house games. The simulators seem to take up the most time, all in VR and they range from learning to use heavy machinery and medical equipment to teaching FedEx employees safety procedures, etc.
The typical gaming industry tropes seem to hold true. Most of the people in the office (roughly 30 employees) seemed to be under 35 years old, they work incredibly hard and I was told to expect to work until 9 regularly with no holidays. The other side of the coin is that they seemed to pay really well. Starting salary for the internship was R7000, but I was told that most people double their salary within the first year. So the company does seem to make a lot of money.
I almost took it and I might revisit it in future, but right now it's not the best idea. I am thinking about doing honours in the next year or two, which that job would not have allowed me to do.
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