I think this is a major factor. From what I can tell, some people have very easy times getting EA jobs, and some have very hard times getting EA jobs. This in itself really isn’t much information; we’d really need many stats to get a better sense of things.
For what it’s worth, I wouldn’t read this as, “the people who have a hard time… are just bad candidates”. It’s more that EA needs some pretty specific things, and there are some sorts of people for who it’s been very difficult to find a position; even though some of these people are quite brilliant in many ways.
I think this is a major factor. From what I can tell, some people have very easy times getting EA jobs, and some have very hard times getting EA jobs. This in itself really isn’t much information; we’d really need many stats to get a better sense of things.
For what it’s worth, I wouldn’t read this as, “the people who have a hard time… are just bad candidates”. It’s more that EA needs some pretty specific things, and there are some sorts of people for who it’s been very difficult to find a position; even though some of these people are quite brilliant in many ways.