Quote Originally Posted by fallen851
I've always wondered, why are the best modelers, skinners, ect, ect, not on the team that makes the game to begin with?

Maybe it is because they don't have a degree in computer science or whatever.
The gaming industry is incredibly myopic and incestuous. You literally have to have worked on a game before in the industry to get a job there. I know, I've tried, and I have friends in the business, such as with Gas Powered Games, Sony, and Blizzard. Degrees don't matter, previous experience doesn't matter (unless it is in the industry).

It is literally worth more on your resume to put a list of all the games you have played than it is to put that you've had profit and loss responsibility for $100 million in recurring revenue of products that have nothing to do with gaming.

How sick is that?