“Candace was always a pleasure to work with because she had incredible drive and motivation that was infectious. She set an example for everyone around her to care about details. Candace was innovative in making new things out of existing tools and pushing the boundaries of what our game tech was capable of. At the same time, she had good instincts for when she was pushing our tech too far, and she was conscientious about checking in with the engineering team about performance or maintainability concerns when appropriate, which I appreciated in my role as a gameplay engineer. Although Candace went deep in certain areas (such as raid boss design and combat tuning), she was also very knowledgeable about our entire game and could think about problems holistically. One example is when we worked together on Artifact Weapons for World of Warcraft: Legion, where Candace worked on certain thorny problems at the intersection of rewards, combat balance, content, and new player experience. Candace was able to foresee conflicts between content and system design goals, and developed insightful systemic solutions that ensured the success of our entire 12+ person team. Candace had a huge presence and influence on the World of Warcraft team, and I would love to work with her again someday.”
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Big career update - after almost two years of work at Riot Games I've decided to move on to another adventure. I would like to thank everyone at Riot…
Big career update - after almost two years of work at Riot Games I've decided to move on to another adventure. I would like to thank everyone at Riot…
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I am currently on the job market after 20 years at Bethesda Game Studios. If you know of anyone looking for a senior/lead designer, please let me…
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Today's my last day at Blizzard! Thanks everyone :)
Today's my last day at Blizzard! Thanks everyone :)
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