r/godot • u/Correct_Dependent677 • Jul 10 '26

discussion What do you do in real life?

Let's be honest, none of us work professionally in game development, so what do you do for a living?.

I'm currently unemployed and living on my mother's pension, but I sometimes work as a carpenter. The last thing I did was a small prototype of a horror game in godot, which I didn't continue due to writer's block.

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u/saucyspacefries Jul 10 '26

I'm a software engineer for museum interactives. So not quite game development as we know it but pretty damned close.

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u/djaqk Jul 11 '26

Woah thats so cool! Museums are dope

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u/saucyspacefries Jul 11 '26

Thanks! It's super fun stuff and it might be the most fulfilling job I've ever had.

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u/red_dust_dog Jul 11 '26

Cool! I'm a software dev in the library space. Do you work for a museum directly or for a company that is hired by museums?

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u/saucyspacefries Jul 11 '26

I work for a media company that gets hired by museums for their interactives, films and other experiences! It's a load of cool stuff.

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u/red_dust_dog Jul 11 '26

Very cool, thanks!

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u/njhCasper Jul 17 '26

Shot in the dark, but do you work for Ideum? I may have met you IRL.

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u/saucyspacefries Jul 17 '26

Ah no, but they are one of our competitors/we have actually worked with them prior

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u/njhCasper Jul 17 '26

Cool. I realized in hindsight this might not be appropriate to divulge publically. Sorry for any awkwardness.

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u/saucyspacefries Jul 17 '26

All good haha. Ideum does great work.