You really cannot understand why someone would want to be part of a team creating something they love (or used to love) as kids + all the joys of programming times 100?
I personally don't understand people who work for blockchain, or as cashiers, waiters, customer support, etc.
I tried those jobs as there is no deep-rooted love of anything around those, just a job, and still a ton of people do it.
On the other hand, working on video games, despite being often underpaid, often full of crunching and sometimes monotonous, is something I do understand. It's literally as close as "follow your dreams" go but for programmers who are into games.
I wasn't specifically speaking of EA but I guess many people don't necessarily know it for the bad stuff they pull off but rather for Fifa and such? Even though I would never touch them with a 2m stick, I still fondly remember them for "EA sports, it's in the game" era.
I personally don't understand people who work for blockchain, or as cashiers, waiters, customer support, etc.
I tried those jobs as there is no deep-rooted love of anything around those, just a job, and still a ton of people do it.
On the other hand, working on video games, despite being often underpaid, often full of crunching and sometimes monotonous, is something I do understand. It's literally as close as "follow your dreams" go but for programmers who are into games.