Some days we Sifteons wake up in the morning to go to work—say it’s still dark out and possibly raining, or it’s wintertime and it’s a Monday—and we’re grumpy about it. Some days we get the same idea that everyone does, which is that it might be better to just unplug the alarm and stay in bed until noon (or Saturday or June?).

But we also realize we have a slight motivational advantage, which is to remind ourselves of what we do. It goes something like, “Whoa, I make games for a living. It’s my job to make games—AWESOME!!” And then we caffeinate or eat breakfast or whatever and come down to the office recharged and ready to go.

In short, the Sifteo team is stoked about the work we do. From Game Night to PlayLab to tech events and Game Developer conventions, we sort of live and breathe our day jobs, and we’re crazy about it. But, as hard as it is to believe, we also realize that not everyone’s as ramped up about tech and gaming as we are. Fair enough. We try to shoot for socially acceptable levels of enthusiasm when possible, but sometimes it’s an awkward struggle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So you can probably imagine how excited we were when we had a guest at our headquarters who was equally psyched to hang out and talk shop.

Brendan, who is 19 years old and attends Santa Rosa Junior College, was our first official Job Shadow. He heard about Sifteo during our holiday pop-up store back in December, wanted to learn more, and got in touch. With interests in programming and good video games, Brendan seemed like a great fit—so last week he came into the office for a visit.

At Sifteo, Brendan spent most of his afternoon visit with Chris, developer of the games Moon Marble and Planet of Tune. They toured the office talking about books, video games, the average work day for a Game Developer at the Sifteo office, and what it takes to get a game produced. Then they got to play some of our games that are still in development.

Brendan thinks coding for Sifteo would be the most exciting part. “I’ve never seen anything like the cubes before,” he said. “They’re pretty cool.”

And the best part of working at Sifteo? “For me it would definitely be the small company atmosphere,” Brendan told us. “I would love all the conversation and getting to know everyone really well.”

It was fun hanging out! We encouraged Brendan to stay in touch, and hope that maybe in a few years he can come to intern or work with Sifteo and get to know us better.