I read an article in Time magazine this week about some guys from Atari who were going back to work for a startup. Most of these individuals were in their 50s-60s and had worked for Atari back in the late 70s and early 80s. They basically invented most of the video game genres that we’re familiar with today. The goal of their company is to make great games and either invent new genres or use existing ones in new ways. An example they gave was a turn-based fighter pilot battle. Now I’m not a gamer, but I suspect most play games that are a little faster paced than something where you aim, shoot, then wait a while, perhaps days, to see if you hit something. However, this seems like a really cool idea to drag something out like this.
What really struck me about the article was the fact that these individuals love what they do so much, that they’re starting over again at a new job when most of their colleagues are undoubtedly looking ahead towards retirement or are already there. I hope I love my job that much 20 years from now.
