Darius Kazemi

On Twitter they are doing #GameDevPaidMe. Here is my running spreadsheet of what I was paid at every salaried job I've had (3 game dev, 3 tech). There are notes for each job. I set this up a few years ago for the #talkpay hashtag and try to keep it up to date.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JPHbAtAc2MU53or9nm_dUTOyyGwsjQqLu_9ITYt3yWg/edit?usp=drivesdk

#talkpay Darius Kazemi

Sheet1 #talkpay for Darius Kazemi (@tinysubversions) In honor of #talkpay, here is the salary I've earned at every job I've had, not including times I've been self-employed. None of this data includes benefits like equity/stock/etc. I am an Iranian-American cisgender man. All of these jobs were ...

Jun 8, 2020 at 3:38amWeb
Show threadOdo TournesolJun 8, 2020
@darius That's so much money (to me) - I did two QA jobs with MSoft and only got $23,000 in 2013/2014
Show threadDarius KazemiJun 8, 2020
@dualhammers yeah, I mean that is commensurate with my QA experience. It sucks!
Show threadOdo TournesolJun 8, 2020
@darius Yep! I knew lots of coworkers who had this feeling that they had to jump on every opportunity for overtime no matter how stressful because there were only so many spots "up" to better paying positions. Totally dismantled any desire I had to work in the game industry in big (above 10 people) studios