Tag Archives: Hiring

Sony wants to expand “PlayStation Studios games beyond PlayStation hardware” — hiring to partner with Xbox, Steam, Nintendo Switch, and more

Sony wants to expand “PlayStation Studios games beyond PlayStation hardware” — hiring to partner with Xbox, Steam, Nintendo Switch, and more

Over the past year, Microsoft leapt first into some controversial decisions regarding its first party Xbox games output, putting previously exclusive titles like Forza Horizon and many others onto rival consoles. At the time, Xbox’s efforts to give up on console exclusives looked like a swan song for the embattled platform. Microsoft’s Xbox hardware sales continue to look bleak on …

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Xbox graphics department lead puts out cringe-worthy hiring post… with AI graphics

Xbox graphics department lead puts out cringe-worthy hiring post… with AI graphics

Xbox’s principle development lead for its graphics department has put out a LinkedIn post announcing some new job opportunities. The catch? He used a cringey AI-generated graphic to do so, drawing ire. Mike Matsel’s weekend post calls for those experienced with “device drivers, GPU performance, or related validation or engineering system experience”. The attached image shows a lady typing away …

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Gen Z Divide: How Graduation Year Impacts Hiring Outcomes

Gen Z Divide: How Graduation Year Impacts Hiring Outcomes

For Gen Z, landing a job isn’t just about who you know — it’s about when you graduated. Monica Para is one of the lucky ones. She landed a software engineering job in the fall of 2022, several months before graduating with a computer science degree from the University of Illinois. She said the salary has allowed her to travel …

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