@notch Move to Texas.

@WayneTurton It is tempting.

@notch Come to Texas, north DFW. You'll find what you need.

@gladius_5 I'd love to. I don't know anyone who lives there, so it's a bit of a risky move.

@notch What makes you tell a programmer is a good programmer?

@Gabboxl I talk shop to them for a while and see if they keep up.

@notch Remote devs?

@scottAF_ You lose the magic of walking past a screen and seeing what someone is working on and having opinions and feedback and just in general cohesion of the vision. Plus the bigger drawback is for me personally, I have ZERO motivation to work if I'm staying home.

@notch maybe if it was less burnt down

@LevelOneRaccoon indeed

@notch the wind whispers ~~remote~~

@bartwerf Even if i were sure it worked for other people, I know for a fact it doesn't work for me. I fiddle faddle with nonsense all day long. Maybe it's different when you're getting a salary, but if I'm not working the game's not getting made.

@notch I was about to joke about vibe coding in but I'm afraid you might kill me through the screen

@AppaGarg Haha, yeah probably. ;D But maybe I would've figured out it was a joke before pressing reply! That'd be progress!

@notch It must be easier outside of US, where you’re not competing with FAANG money. Talented people are born everywhere, but only one country has companies paying them $400k a year.

@notch Is it lack of quality or lack of interest? Also, remote work has never produced a game that has resonated with anyone aside from some smaller indie collabs.

@notch What's a more genuine value to you on the project, technical ability, or an unwavering commitment to progressing (with) the project? I ask because I bet your standard of programming is a far cry higher than average "good" programming. So I wonder if someone could learn w/ you?

@notch I genuinely don’t understand why you want to be in LA, could you please tell me?

@notch Pay my 100K H-1B visa and I'm dropping everything I'm doing and moving to LA from a different continent to devote my entire being into working on that game :d

@notch Feels weird as someone not in the field but considering trying to join it at almost 40... all I see are people saying learn to code, and coders constantly getting laid off, and then people like you saying you can't find coders. Where's the disconnect? What am I missing?

@notch Answer is always money, you know it is true.

@notch i’ll quit my 9-5 right now if you teach me everything i need to know 😭

@notch California is a cesspool of people who are retarded so you won't find talented people there these days

@notch If you’re in LA you’ve likely already made it, working on passion projects. Those still super hungry to be the best of the best in engineering, but without a drive to forge their own destiny outside of the VC meat grinder just drive 300 miles north to be around people with the

@notch Why do they need to be in LA? Results driven management is superior to everything else. As long as goals are met, it shouldn't matter if I did the work while lounging on the beach with a 3rd Margarita next to me.

@notch Why would you need more than one? Just have him build a level editor and have artists and game designers for the rest of the team. Use minecraft as proof-of-concept to quickly check level design before committing to the new platform.

@notch Well why not just make it yourself from now on? Didn't you do this back when you made your first hit... giving yourself the time to express your creativity and see what comes of it

@notch Why limit to LA? Make the role remote and you can fill it with a better dev, probably for much less pay too as they likely like in a lower cost-of-living area.