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Amanda Watson, the engineer who pioneered the AirLink and several other technologies for Oculus, was hired at Valve. (thelemmy.club)

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An article about her work at Oculus and Meta: XR Update

No Frame today, it looks like.

Tweet from Amanda Watson: "I'm pleased to announce I recently started a full-time engineering position at Valve! I'll be working on various things, including VR (and Steam Frame)"

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[–] julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Jobs at Valve or Meta are very demanding and people can usually only cope with it if your life is your job and the many hours don‘t feel like working. These people are obsessed with what they are doing. It can be very soul crushing if you either loose that passion or want to have a life outside your job (like friends, a romantic partner, a time intensive hobby etc.).

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[–] NanoooK@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

Any source for that?

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[–] julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 month ago

Valve handbook (if you read between the lines)
Working at Valve: 'A Fearless Adventure' or 'Lord of the Flies'?
Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley

Note: I am not saying this is bad practice. These companies try to offer you the best work environment and a very good salary. If you like working then this right for you and it will not necessarily feel like work. Also things might have changed in the last few years at Meta.

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[–] julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 1 month ago

I just listened to https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/ruff-talk-vr/id1568389515?i=1000610060284

She is definitely very passionate and obsessed about working on VR tech doing it in her freetime for month presumably years even after she left Meta.

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