Sacred Symbols+, Episode 171: QA Is Good, Actually
Added 2022-03-12 17:00:06 +0000 UTCWelcome Kendrick Luckenbach to the show. For four years, Kendrick worked in the QA trenches at San Diego Studio, where he toiled away on Sony's all-important MLB: The Show franchise. He even got a crack at some second party products, like Ready Set Heroes, and applications, like PlayStation Vue. I (Colin) wanted to invite Kendrick onto the show to bring balance to the industry-wide conversation surrounding labor, and quality assurance in particular. After all, we had a pro-labor episode not too long ago (#157), which is very much a view worth exploring. Yet, it's also important to represent where things go right, when, and why. Unlike Activision-Blizzard, Sony is renowned in game dev for being a great place to work. Does Kendrick agree? What was his experience like? What's a "smoke check?" Why is something called Jira important? What's PlayStation Neighborhood? We get into the nitty-gritty, which I know appeals to much of this very nerdy audience. Please enjoy.
Follow Kendrick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KendrickLuck
Comments
Thanks Ben!
Kendrick Luckenbach
2022-04-01 18:36:53 +0000 UTCGreat episode
Ben Haner
2022-03-30 16:12:43 +0000 UTCThanks for checking out the show! Love sports games, could go on for hours and hours
Kendrick Luckenbach
2022-03-18 05:35:55 +0000 UTCIncredible stuff. As an avid sports gamer there isnβt a ton of coverage but this truly hit home. Awesome insight and content. The passion was evident, consider a spin-off quarterly sports pod?!?
Bus83
2022-03-18 01:15:43 +0000 UTCThat's how it worked at my corporate gig, as well. The tradeoff, however, are the perks of full employment versus 1099. Being a 1099 employee is the worst possible tax situation in the American system, full-stop.
Colin Moriarty
2022-03-15 17:15:42 +0000 UTCSo one comment there are plenty of salary contract employees where I work that do not get paid for overtime in anyway and thats how my work place gets around paying for lots of overtime.
Thorman
2022-03-15 10:31:51 +0000 UTCKnockback forever πππ
Kendrick Luckenbach
2022-03-14 21:10:42 +0000 UTCGreat interview. I also agree that Knock back is the best podcast on the internet.
Jeremy Seal
2022-03-14 16:12:23 +0000 UTCThank you for checking it out!
Kendrick Luckenbach
2022-03-14 06:06:38 +0000 UTCGreat interview.
Eric J
2022-03-14 03:28:46 +0000 UTCThank you for the kind words and for the support π
Kendrick Luckenbach
2022-03-14 01:06:23 +0000 UTCAgreed!!! Alas, it was too early to the game like so much other great tech. $45 for all inclusive+sports was an unbelievable deal
Kendrick Luckenbach
2022-03-14 01:06:01 +0000 UTCThank you for listening!
Kendrick Luckenbach
2022-03-14 01:05:22 +0000 UTCDo Not Understimate The Power Of Jira
Kendrick Luckenbach
2022-03-14 01:05:12 +0000 UTCAnother humble guy that gets it. Great job, Colin.
Brandon Soto
2022-03-13 23:51:06 +0000 UTCRIP Vue, still the greatest cable TV alternative of all time.
Will Hernandez
2022-03-13 22:50:45 +0000 UTCI really enjoyed this episode. Thank you good sir
Andykapped
2022-03-13 18:52:13 +0000 UTCJira!!! Great IT issue logging and management
Alex Landry
2022-03-12 17:08:44 +0000 UTC
