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bruceFish: I think many of the issues mentioned in this thread (mostly on the first pages) are caused by a lack of manpower of the GoG.com crew. Look at https://www.gog.com/work . They're looking for all kinds of staff, but who wants to work in Poland? GoG's userbase seems to be growing faster than they can handle it.
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skeletonbow: I think you make some good points. GOG is growing very fast it seems, possibly faster than they can scale their workforce to some degree. I don't know for certain either way, but I suspect it might be a little difficult to find certain types of talent also. I have no idea what kind of wages they offer, but I suspect that the wages for a given position converted into USD would be much lower than someone getting a similar job at a company in the US directly. That could very well be an incorrect assumption to be making too, but even if it is incorrect a lot of people might make the same assumption and not apply. Aside from the financial side of things though there is the relocate to Poland aspect too, and a lot of people who might otherwise be interested in such a job might not be willing to relocate to Poland (or relocate anywhere for that matter) for a variety of personal reasons. There are some rather uncomfortable geo-political goings on in that part of the world right now that are a little too close to Poland for example which could make some folks have reservations about relocating to that region of the world.

At the same time though, there is clearly a lot of talented people in Poland and nearby countries too obviously, so hopefully they can continue to grow with local talent. I mean, the Polish way of doing things already has brought us awesomeness like The Witcher games, GOG itself, perogies... They have to be doing something right! :)

Perhaps they should start putting in the job offers "free perogies all you can eat, with bacon and onions". If they did that, they very well might scale past Steam in a weekend... just saying! :oP
I think it's worth keeping in mind that they did just open an office in Venice, California. They even had a job opening for a head of biz dev there maybe 9 months ago or so. They're definitely building up the resources; I just have no idea where any of it's going.
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Chacranajxy: I think it's worth keeping in mind that they did just open an office in Venice, California. They even had a job opening for a head of biz dev there maybe 9 months ago or so. They're definitely building up the resources; I just have no idea where any of it's going.
That office was opened IIRC for being closer to the movie industry for negotiating for movies/TV shows and similar and not an office where game development/hacking or web development etc. is done. Their main offices are in Poland and if anyone wants to become a developer or manager of engineering/etc. they're going to have to be in-house in Poland to do that, not in some condo in the US. :)
Sorry State
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Cavalary: Worse, there are some [url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/17/poland-rightwing-government-eu-russia-democracy-under-threat]uncomfortable things going on IN Poland these days, considering the government's moves and expressed intentions.
I wasn't aware of those things, but it is indeed disconcerting.

What would be truly cool, would be if they were to open up a new office or offices in other countries such as Canada, US, UK, Germany, or any of many others. It'd nice to see an expansion of growth like that where by they might be able to sustain external development offices for a variety of potential benefits, including increasing their reach to the wider pool of developers/expertise out there while retaining their control and GOG way of doing things.
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tinyE: Sorry State
I warned you about playing 3-Dementia games for too long.
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popperik: Not a lot of blue posts in this thread so far...
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Cyraxpt: And you won't get any, the blues have been very calm unless it's a technical problem (galaxy doesn't work, game failed to download, somethin something payment, etc).

That is what i've been complaining all this time, their forum policy is complete silence, i mean, why do they bother making contests when they can't even deliver a key for the game? And when someone asks about it there's no answer...

Obvious observation but something going on, from what is being posted here we can see that they're looking for new staff so... layoffs happened?
I remember when once upon a time, GOG's extremely laissez-faire approach to community moderation and interaction was actually touted as a good thing, a feature even.
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rampancy: I remember when once upon a time, GOG's extremely laissez-faire approach to community moderation and interaction was actually touted as a good thing, a feature even.
BC or AD? Because everytime that it's suggested some type of moderation or more restrictive measures it's like putting a cat on a tub with water...
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rampancy: I remember when once upon a time, GOG's extremely laissez-faire approach to community moderation and interaction was actually touted as a good thing, a feature even.
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Cyraxpt: BC or AD? Because everytime that it's suggested some type of moderation or more restrictive measures it's like putting a cat on a tub with water...
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skeletonbow: At the same time though, there is clearly a lot of talented people in Poland and nearby countries too obviously
Sure there are, but forget about the countries nearby. Nobody travels more than 100 km from home to work. An even the border of the closest neighboring country (White Russia) is more than 200 km away from Warsaw.
Post edited February 04, 2016 by bruceFish
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Cyraxpt: And you won't get any, the blues have been very calm unless it's a technical problem (galaxy doesn't work, game failed to download, somethin something payment, etc).

That is what i've been complaining all this time, their forum policy is complete silence, i mean, why do they bother making contests when they can't even deliver a key for the game? And when someone asks about it there's no answer...

Obvious observation but something going on, from what is being posted here we can see that they're looking for new staff so... layoffs happened?
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rampancy: I remember when once upon a time, GOG's extremely laissez-faire approach to community moderation and interaction was actually touted as a good thing, a feature even.
I don't know about you, but I'm still touting.