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Miyamoto 'Banned' From Talking About Hobbies
walshy007 writes "After Shigeru Miyamoto developed a love of puzzles, the "brain-training" software that has proved to be an international "killer application" on the Nintendo DS console was born.
He became interested in taking more exercise, and Wii Fit was created. He took up music lessons, and Wii Music was the result.
Now, according to sources at Nintendo, the games designer has been banned by the company from speaking publicly about his hobbies."
...he's getting into interactive gay porn.
Most casual gamers have no idea who the hell Miamoto is, I can assure you if the game is popular.. it isn't because Miamoto visioned it, its because the games he envision star Mario.
Sounds stupid to me
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
it is stupid. He's demonstrating the naivete you come to expect (as a hiring manager) from people who haven't had very many jobs or haven't been fired/laid-off at all or very often.
He is assuming that Nintendo will always take care of him. Not provable, despite historic trends.
He is assuming that his creative genius will last the remainder of his life and will also be in demand. Again, not provable. Accidents, illness, economy, etc.
He is assuming that his salary/equity share is sufficient and he is failing to exploit the fact that his contributions are more critical than those of others. Naive.
Companies love employing such workers. It's great for the bottom line and you know that you can always afford to pay them more whenever they get the itch to leave.
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