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by beachstartup 4591 days ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Arcade_Expo

that's funny, i didn't see "non-profit" or "charity" anywhere on this page. you guys should consider updating it.

i am angry because there is an ongoing, systematic monetary devaluation (and hence social devaluation, dot com billionaires notwithstanding) of all technical roles by people in our own industry. it pisses me right the fuck off and the games companies are at the forefront of the fuckedupedness and loss of dignity.

you chain this fucking guy to a pager and pay him peanuts and harass him to the point where he needs to resign and then flippantly post another job posting with such unbelievably thinly veiled condescension and arrogance, and it's about time an industry called you out for it.
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mhurron 4591 days ago
How is the Enforcer system related in any way to technical roles?

Since you didn't seem to get it, the Enforcers are people that 'volunteer' for parts of the event in exchange for free tickets to attend the rest.

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beachstartup 4591 days ago
no, i don't think you get it.

a for-profit enterprise should not be asking for volunteers for anything. that is a moral position i take.

second, the loss of dignity and monetary devaluation was referring to his day job. the one that he ostensibly makes a living from.

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fennecfoxen 4591 days ago
A for-profit enterprise should feel free to ask for volunteers whenever they feel like it, and would-be volunteers should feel free to ignore them if it's a bad deal.

Why do you hate freedom? Think someone's going to steal your job? Are you one of those union members who freak out if someone is setting up at a convention center and plugs in their own laptop or moves their own chair? :P

(Now if they're fraudulent and misrepresent the volunteering, that's another matter.)

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mhurron 4591 days ago
They're paying them in tickets to the event.

They are 'volunteers' in the sense they are not an event staff handled some company. Penny Arcade decided they wanted some event staff made up of people that were interested in making the event a success because they were also part of it.

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TWAndrews 4591 days ago
That's a fine moral position to take. I don't agree, and haven't seen argument from you that would convince me. Volunteer work in exchange for admission tickets is a fine offer, and there are no shortage of people who agree. Some of those become Enforcers at the event.

Free work for a weekend seems quite different than systematic under compensation in your day-to-day job.

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