I find it hard to imagine anyone applying to Blizzard who doesn't know the company, and what it does.
Sure, but most people who know that, want to work on a game team. We're the supporting team formerly known as Business Intelligence (BI) until some visionary jerkface came in and renamed us and rearranged half the furniture and then left. What the hell is a Global Insights? Our department sadly does need an introduction.
(Ouch. Still mad, Diane? Yep. Still mad.)
Edited to add: At least the current listing tells a story. You should have seen the wall of word salad they originally posted.
Speaking of which, what do you make of Mike Morhaime's departure?
That is super interesting and I'm still processing it. Not much has changed in our day-to-day operations. I suspect it's not really going to hit home until Blizzcon.
I can't really blame him. 27 years is a long time to be doing anything. (He's been running Blizzard for longer than some of the employees have been alive!) I do feel like JAB is a solid choice as a successor, and I'm not worried about the future of the company. There are plenty of "non game team" people they could have chosen, so I'm really glad they chose a game team person instead. If they had put in a bean-counter, or brought someone in from Activision (or outside) then a lot of people would be a lot more worried.
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Date: 2018-10-12 02:22 pm (UTC)Sure, but most people who know that, want to work on a game team. We're the supporting team formerly known as Business Intelligence (BI) until some visionary jerkface came in and renamed us and rearranged half the furniture and then left. What the hell is a Global Insights? Our department sadly does need an introduction.
(Ouch. Still mad, Diane? Yep. Still mad.)
Edited to add: At least the current listing tells a story. You should have seen the wall of word salad they originally posted.
That is super interesting and I'm still processing it. Not much has changed in our day-to-day operations. I suspect it's not really going to hit home until Blizzcon.
I can't really blame him. 27 years is a long time to be doing anything. (He's been running Blizzard for longer than some of the employees have been alive!) I do feel like JAB is a solid choice as a successor, and I'm not worried about the future of the company. There are plenty of "non game team" people they could have chosen, so I'm really glad they chose a game team person instead. If they had put in a bean-counter, or brought someone in from Activision (or outside) then a lot of people would be a lot more worried.