Posts Tagged "computing" from 2022

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Game Analytics and Procedural Content Generation Questions for a Gaming Company

March 14th, 2022 computing gaming

I will soon be interviewing at CZ, a large company which develops casual mobile games in several genres, including slots, match-three, and word puzzles. The team I'm interviewing with is focused on procedural content generation and analytics/data science infrastructure.

In pre-interview emails, the recruiter suggested I play some of CZ's games. I did so. Here are my thoughts and impressions.

For purposes of professional courtesy, I have changed the name of the company and all games discussed in this article. Unfortunately, preserving CZ’s anonymity also means I cannot show screenshots.

I originally had another section in this post discussing ad placement and characteristics, but I removed it once I understood that the "analytics" side of this team is focused more on content analysis than ad performance. Email me if you want it.

What I've Been Up To

February 12th, 2022 computing dnd h0p3 rsi santacruz

Four factors have combined to keep me from posting on this site for six months, which feels like an eon.

The janky setup behind this website Imposed too high an activation energy for creating new posts.
My poor hands, though in a somewhat better state than at the beginning of 2021, are still suffering from an undiagnosed source of pain.
I started graduate school.
I’m busy as heck outside of school.

However, aside from my hands, things are really looking up. For the benefit of my lovely readers, here’s what I’ve been up to since the final episode of The Drongo.