King

Very talented, friendly, helpful, and supportive people. Very growth-oriented culture with people in the center.

As a developer, I was given freedom, but also support to work very independently. I could always rely on other developers for feedback and brainstorming. Knowledge is very proactively shared by the developer within the studio.

As a Tech Lead, I was trusted and listened to. I felt that my opinions mattered and that I could influence decision-making at the studio. I was also well trusted to make the technical decisions for my team, even more risky ones as long as I could back them up with facts.

More thought and time should be given to the sustainability of technical decisions, and bad ones should be addressed faster and more vigorously. This one is already being addressed, so I trust it won't be a con for long.

(Disclaimer: I would write the same for any company still employing a traditional annual performance management cycle.) The performance review process is too heavy.

Allow more gut feeling decisions to the designers with the new games and features. Making games is supposed to be a good balance of numbers and fun. Modernise the performance review process.