Don E
File Removal Engineer
Bio
At an early age Don was obsessed with taking appliances apart and putting them back together. At age eleven he went to a LEGO Robotics camp for month and was bitten by the programming bug.
He played Quake and Team Fortress competitively, and began toying around with Worldcraft when the action died down. He contributed maps, ideas, coding, and obnoxious programmer art to Quake mods no one has ever heard of, such as Shub vs. Chthon and EraserMod (the movie, not the bot).
When he started college he landed a job at Signalogic, Inc. and found a love for hardware and embedded systems. After a few years he began working at Privacy, Inc. where he hopped on the OOP bandwagon. When asked about how he got his job at Gearbox, he would only say "In the end I think my professional experience and winning personality tipped the scales in my favor. Although the compromising surveillance photos and wiretaps probably helped too."
Don is terrified of spiders and zombies.
Length of time I have been employed in the industry
Almost 3 years
Titles I have worked on
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, Borderlands, Aliens
Resources I would recommend for those interested in getting into game development (books, tutorials, sites, etc)
Hobby projects and mods are the best way to build your portfolio and get valuable practical experience.
First game I remember playing
Donkey Kong on my Atari 800 XL
All-time favorite game
It's a three-way-tie between Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Ascendancy, Warcraft II
Non-video gaming hobbies
Reading.
Favorite bands/music
Metallica, The Decemberists, I like most music.
Favorite books/authors
His Dark Materials, The Dark Tower series, The Princess Bride
Favorite TV shows
Scrubs, High Stakes Poker, Weeds, Dexter
Favorite movies
I like most every movie, except Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
Favorite quote
"There's an old Chinese saying that says... pretty much whatever you want it to say."
