[johnnyanmac]

That's fair enough. But I don't think companies are irrational outright. I just know their rational, potentially selfish actions are orthogonal to my rational and selfish goals.So you almost have to stay scrutinous if you want to keep your goals aligned.

>And if every company you've ever worked for truly has poor leadership then, yeah, it's probably worth reassessing how you interview.

No need. I work in games. There isn't a major studio in the industry that isn't like this. An industry used to churning workers and releasing them the moment the project ends.

In some ways it's a path I chose, but at the same time it means I need to be more cynical to defend myself from their inevitably orthogonal actions. I have an exit plan, but I need more time and money first.

If the industry wasnt so secretive with its techniques and knowledge, maybe I could have side stepped it altogether. But alas.