The Awesome Office Show - How to Maximize Joy in the Workplace Pt. 1
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Awesome Office - How $11k Wrapped in Bacon Helped Build a Mobile Gaming Hit-Factory — w/ Scopely’s Jason Weiss
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Hello fellow Product Hunters! Here’s one from the archives that I think you’ll enjoy, a fantastic two-part interview we did with Jason Weiss, the former GM and current Advisor for Scopely. Scopely is a Los Angeles-based mobile gaming studio that produced six #1 games in a row, including The Walking Dead Road to Survival, Yahtzee with Friends, and Disco Bees. As the company’s SVP of talent for more than four years, he was a main driver behind the company’s vibrant and playful ethos. Jason talked to us about why culture is one of the most important factors in the overall success of a business, yet remains one of the most overlooked. We also talked about the company’s notorious “most interesting engineer in the world” recruiting campaign, which enticed top talent with one of a kind oil portraits, a year’s supply of beer, a spear gun, and yes, $11,000 in cold hard cash…wrapped in cured meat. Hear why Jason almost pulled out of the campaign, as well as what ultimately made it a success.