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Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Electronic Arts for 6 years
July 5, 2013
4.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Benefits are not bad.

If you get lucky and work under the right person, career prospects are not bad too. You may get to do interesting work and work on quality AAA games.

There are also a huge amount of resources and smart people, so even if you eventually leave, it's a huge learning opportunity.

Cons

The company is being run by producers who, a lot of times, are too heavy on micro-management and are wannabe designers rather than actual production workers.

Marketing also has too much of a say in how your game should be made. All that means is people who actually make the game usually have very little influence on the final outcome.

Lack of clear direction in the company leads to reactive policies (oh, let's make Wii games! Crap, it's over, let's make Facebook games! Crap, not doing well either, let's make mobile games!).

Advice to Management

Have some good senior management and focus on establishing a clear vision for the company.

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