[sadpolishdev]

Makes me sad as a polish game-developer, who decided never to work in my country again. I have 15+ years of experience, I've made games for ps2 and original xbox aside PCs, and until i've left the "national" gamedev industry, my salaries were (monthly) along these numbers: around 2005ish: 3d artist / junior - 600usd 3d artist / mid - 800usd around 2009ish: 3d artist / team lead: 1100usd 3d artist / senior / team lead 1200usd around 2012ish: 3d artist / senior / team lead / delegated to maintain and oversee a remote office in other side of the country - 1200usd + rent paid (around 300usd) 2014 decided to leave any employment, and started own company that freelance/outsource work - salary quadrupled (after taxes). Since then, I had a steady rose in hourly rates, so its not comparable to normal local gamedev salaries at any point. Its ok to love games and want to make games. Just dont be exploitable idiot, and working on AAA title that sells millions for 1000usd/month, while beign called mid, or lead for 2.5k usd/month for having responsibility of evaluating several other teammates work.