Everyone Hates PMs - #278 - Game Dev Local Podcast

About this episode

Oscar discusses the challenges faced by project managers in game development with guest Evgeniy Tolstykh.

In this episode, Oscar is joined in his podquest to 'learn everything about #gamedev you never dared to ask' by Evgeniy Tolstykh, PM from The Outsource Band and formerly of Wargaming, about the complex position that a Producer, Project Manager, Programme manager can find themselves in when working on complex games.

People in this episode

Host: Oscar

Guest: Evgeniy Tolstykh

Topics covered

• game development
• project management
• producers
• complex games
• industry insights

Keywords

• game dev
• project manager
• producer
• Wargaming
• The Outsource Band

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Outsource Band, Wargaming

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