Team and I are gutted, the next day three people are reassigned and the rest of the team is laid off. I swore to myself I'd get into Business Development and never let that happen to a good team again. So I did and I haven't.

Demo day turns into full portfolio review and all teams are cranking to show progress. My presentation is ready, showing milestone details and to-go work and budget remaining. I'm 10 mins into my preso and head of BD says - didn't you get my email? License was too expensive. Can't build the product.

I was a Senior Producer at a former publisher -- they cranked up a dev team (eng-heavy) to "do the impossible" and ship a full AAA licensed sports title in 11 months multi-platform. First build review was 100 days from start, so the team cranked hard and agreed to some crunch to get the game to a...

HELLO BACK AT YOU! I need pizza.

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