mr_digital

Thanks for the advice and I did not know about the EA spounse scandal.

you are right, I should have not mentioned their name in the post. I did not mean to smear them. Personally, I just wanted some generalist opinions of the industry.

I did not even know about DAILY WTF before you mentioned it.

I have been told about this so many times before...

very true

yeah I read that as part of my research on them for my interview.

I know about the work hours but the industry is responsible for many great things and I do not want such an event to be a deciding factor to come out of it.

Moreover, the indie option has always been at the back of my mind.

thanks.

thanks, have you experienced something like this yourself?

The fact is when you are starting new in the industry (like me) such a thing can quite easily be very demoralizing and be a deciding factor to not continue in the industry.

what I am looking for is feedback that whether such a thing is common or not. If it is, then I am simply making a big fuss out of it as this is my first such experience and I will not be as shocked to expect such a thing again and just keep trying.