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		doggydogs94 on July 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Game Source Code Collection If you slave away at a game (or some other piece of code), over time the fruits of your labor will become worthless.

MaxBarraclough on July 21, 2019 | [–]

Same goes if you grow bananas for a living. Not everything worthwhile lasts forever.

Of course, nothing ever can, anyway.

0_gravitas on July 21, 2019 | | [–]

It's not worthless if it gets you paid

kg on July 21, 2019 | | [–]

Not to mention that in game development, the experience from your first shipped title is massively valuable when developing the second

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