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Novy Dhillon posted thisFour weeks ago, as part of a restructuring at Fortis Games, my role was eliminated. Looking back, I’m incredibly grateful for my time there. Over the past two years, I had the privilege of working alongside an exceptionally talented team, tackling complex technical and organizational challenges, and helping shape the technology, teams, and development processes behind an ambitious live-service game from early development through player testing. I’m thankful to everyone I had the opportunity to work with and wish the team continued success. After taking a few weeks to recharge and reflect, I’m excited to begin the next chapter. I’m now actively exploring senior leadership opportunities where I can help build exceptional teams, accelerate execution, and shape long-term technology, product, and organizational strategy. Throughout my career, I’ve focused on building high-performing multidisciplinary organizations and creating alignment across engineering, product, production, design, and art. I enjoy operating at the intersection of technology, people, and business strategy—translating long-term vision into execution, developing leaders, improving the way teams work together, and enabling organizations to deliver great products at scale. If you’re looking for a leader who can bridge disciplines, grow organizations, drive strategy, and help shape the future of game development and live services, I’d love to connect. If someone in your network comes to mind, I’d greatly appreciate a share or an introduction. I’m looking forward to what’s next. #GameDevelopment #Leadership #LiveServices #CrossFunctionalLeadership #StrategicLeadership
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Novy Dhillon reposted thisI like to take a week retreat for my birthday in order to recharge. Reflect on the last year, and restore my creativity. AI has been the story of the last year. Not just for the industry, but for us. Until we released PULSE, no one had ever released a complex software system that heavily leveraged AI Engineering. We've built the industry's most complex AI-Native system that is available right now. PULSE isn't just friendly to AI, it's both AI-Native and AI-Integrated. These aren't just marketing terms either. Our system is built to integrate AI support into all of the services needed to make, manage, and monetize their games. Building out PULSE has allowed us to deeply understand how to work with multiple layers of agents, and the new way engineers have to approach development. We were green in the beginning, but over the last year we've been able to maintain an increased level of output while minimizing the number of tokens we use weekly. Which is the complete opposite of what our industry is doing. The story of excess may be fine for now, but that compute won't always be subsidized. I'm excited for the next year, our system does things no one else can touch, and with every developer I talk to, I help them understand that they can make the games they love, today, for half the price they're currently spending. Considering the number of developers that are being laid off, our self service product's timing couldn't be better. The picture? Mr. Parker's in Palm Springs. It was a delightful dinner. That candle was actually butter.
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Novy Dhillon reposted thisNovy Dhillon reposted thisHi Network, Having hit the 20+ year mark in my career as UX and Product Designer, and having had the good fortune of working across multiple industries, companies and time zones, I'd like to give something back. If you/your company is looking for an unbiased, honest, heuristic evaluation of your website, app, or service, I would like to help--for FREE. No strings attached, other than I'm looking to start to expand my online presence and network, and thought this first post would be a good starting point. Interested? Please DM me or comment below. I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Cheers.
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Novy Dhillon shared thisIf someone is looking for a fantastic Producer, hire Luke! I as the pleasure of working with him at Riot x Iron Galaxy. He was an amazing production partner for our team.Novy Dhillon shared thisMy time as a Producer at Iron Galaxy was one of the best jobs I've ever had, and I'll miss it dearly - but myself and a ton of other IG alumni (across all disciplines!) are now open for work. Looking forward to see where the future takes us. About me & what I’m looking for: 💼 I’m looking for Game Producer and Art Producer roles. 🌎 I’m open to roles in Nashville, but also remote (flexible with time zones). ⭐ I’ve previously worked at Iron Galaxy Studios, nWay, Pocket Gems, and Zynga.
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Novy Dhillon shared thisAre you a backend engineer who loves building globally distributed systems for games? Are you passionate about multiplayer game systems? Do you have experience with live operation game development? We're looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to help us create a high-capacity, low-latency. multi-region backend for an awesome new mobile original IP. If this sounds interesting, take a look and apply now! https://lnkd.in/gqBbgNW2
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Novy Dhillon reposted thisNovy Dhillon reposted thisHello friends, What’s new? I am excited to share that the hardcover version of my children’s book is available for pre-order ! TL;DR Help me reach my goal in a time-limited pre-order fundraiser to sell and donate books to a children’s hospital in 2026! https://lnkd.in/gKQxUdnK Isabelle Grows Her Patience follows a tiny hummingbird who discovers that waiting doesn’t have to be frustrating, and there are plenty of ways to grow her patience. It gives caretakers an imaginative way to communicate and practice being patient together. Growing up and growing wise takes time! The book is illustrated in watercolour by me. Through the last 10 months, I’ve encountered setbacks and plenty learnings in making this book from concept to reality. It has helped me practice my own patience! The wait is almost over, and I am thrilled to be working with other authors at bookanauthor.com for this limited-time pre-order campaign. My goal is to sell 50 books this month and start shipping and donating these hardcover books in May 2026. I am offering a few options for those who want to buy books for themselves, friends, or buy and donate to the BC Children’s Hospital. I need your help to share this story and reach these goals!!! I know times are tough for so many folks, so any support means the world to me. Sharing this with a friend or requesting it at your local library are awesome ways too. The hardcover book pre-order is currently open for Canada and US. If you are elsewhere in the world, please message me or consider my softcover/ebook options on Amazon. 🙏🙏🙏Thank you for being part of my journey to bring unique and diverse stories to readers! If you have any questions, let’s chat.
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Novy Dhillon reposted thisNovy Dhillon reposted thisIf You Hire Outside Games, You Need To Be Hiring Games Talent Right Now Over the last 3.5 years, 50,000 incredible games professionals have been laid off. Not because they weren’t great. Not because they didn’t perform. Not because the work wasn’t excellent. They were cut because the industry went through an unprecedented period of layoffs, which is still ongoing. If you were not aware of this, please be aware. And here’s what I want to say plainly to every hiring leader outside games: This is the deepest, most proven talent pool you may be overlooking. Games is one of the most demanding industries on earth. It trains people to ship. To iterate fast. To execute under pressure. To collaborate across every function. And to deliver for customers who can leave in one click. The skills needed to survive and to thrive in games are the ultimate training ground for greatness in any industry. At ASGC, the largest grassroots support community in the video games industry, we currently have 5,300+ games professionals seeking full-time work and nearly 200 open to freelance, contracting, and consulting. Our entire community, including me, has not made a penny doing this work for 38 months and counting and we do it simply because we love the people of the games industry and want to help them. Will you join us in adding to our list of 4,500 people we have helped find work and the 41% of our community members polled who say our resources are a "significant factor in their finding work," whether that final role is found with us or not? If you work in tech, consumer apps, media, entertainment, education, healthcare, retail, fintech, HR tech, consulting, any modern product org, and more, you should be recruiting video games people. Not later. Now. If you want access to our talent list (and our community's many other resources), it’s always free. No catch. No agenda. This is a public service for the video games community and those we can count amongst our allies. Here you go: https://asgc.gg/category1 If you want to change one video game professional's life with a hire, today is your moment. You have my personal gratitude for caring about our industry and its people.
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Novy Dhillon shared thisCome join this fantastic group of developers with some amazing games in the pipeline and help shape the future of the engineering at Fortis Games. Check it out!!Novy Dhillon shared thisBig news! We just dropped a HUGE role – we're on the hunt for our VP of Game Engineering, the senior engineering voice across our global game teams. With our first title in soft-launch, we’re now looking for the engineering leader who can shape our entire portfolio’s future. The ideal person has scaled teams behind major mobile hits and is a hands-on leader who has built cultures where innovation thrives. This isn’t “keep the lights on” engineering. It’s about: - Setting technical direction to drive innovation and delivery across socially-driven live titles. - Building the culture, playbooks, and foundations to scale game teams globally. - Unlocking speed and creativity through AI, live ops, and bold design bets. - Partnering with our CEO/COO to knock down roadblocks and make bold ideas real. If you’ve been waiting for the chance to build something from the ground up, lead from the front, and shape how Fortis builds games at scale, this is it. Join us — click the link below to apply. United States: https://lnkd.in/gQjuY4Tu Canada: https://lnkd.in/gAUT8RuX United Kingdom: https://lnkd.in/gRH3jsB5
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Novy Dhillon reposted thisNovy Dhillon reposted this📌 A Comprehensive Preparation Note for Next Week For Everyone in Our Games Community This isn’t just for those who may be impacted next week. It’s for anyone who has been, might be, or simply wants support. We are always here for you. Over the past three years, 1 in 10 people affected by cuts found their next role at least in part through our community. That makes me proud. But I’m also realistic about what we can and can’t do. So here’s what I want to share: 1. What I see ahead 2. What support exists 3. What we're doing this week 📉 Even with expected cuts, I believe 2025 will see net hiring slightly outpace layoffs. But that still means stasis. 🎯 For every 100 people actively seeking games jobs, only 80-85 will find one. For newcomers, it’s closer to 1 in 20. That’s why I urge everyone to look beyond games to roles one, two, even three steps outside your core experience. It matters. 💬 Now for support: • Our website has 14 free resources, including: - The Combined Games Jobs Workbook (40,000+ roles) + specialized games job resources - 2,500+ community coaches across 4 categories - Career Preparation Resources for resumes, mock interviews, and more - Free event tickets and LinkedIn Premium trials - Job seeker workbooks to make yourself discoverable for hiring teams - Our Creator Partner Network, a vetted group of creators with categorized games job resources - And a lot more • Our Discord has 12,000+ members, a built-in coaching system, and channels for support by discipline, region, experience level, and more, active 24/7 • On LinkedIn I post constantly so stay tuned or follow for updates 📢 If your company or division or studio is affected, we do two things for each unit: 1. I’ll meet with your organization one time per org for anyone interested in my personal time, to walk through resources, answer questions, and ask what else we can build to help others 2. You get a Games Org Support Post (every 3 months) listing those impacted (with recruiter approval and individual consent), included in our new master searchable index so your team is more findable 🛠️ Each day this week, I’ll be updating and expanding our resources, including, but not limited to: • A refreshed Games Jobs listings page • A unified, searchable support index of all past support posts • A rebuilt company hiring database, part of our original Games Jobs Workbook I’m thinking of all gamers. No fake sympathy or talk here. I am calling on all gamers to step up and act. Ask others who say they are sorry what they are doing to help. It is a healthy challenge in this moment. You can always trust us. We never get a penny. It's only out of love for gamers. We will always do our very best for you. More soon.
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Creating psychological safety for a team is so important. All members of the team and partners should feel empowered to bring up anything they don’t think makes sense or could cause issues. Info should be transparently shared. Any changes to scope and schedules should always be vetted and impact to timelines understood and shared. When someone brings up a potential issue we as leaders should never brush it aside. Instead understand why this is a potential issue. Always followup and action if needed but don’t just throw it away because next time that person may not being an issue to the table and you’ve created a blind spot.
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Novy Dhillon reacted on thisNovy Dhillon reacted on thisWe need to talk about flagging oneself as Open To Work. With this topic simmering for so many friends I care about, I need to put a foot down here. Why do some people think you shouldn't flag yourself as Open To Work, even if you have lost your job? I have some understanding if you are looking and still employed, but only in that specific scenario. Let's break this down. It's for the same reason, I know for sure (because they tell me to the tunes of hundreds and thousands of them), that some people who have lost their jobs don't want a public post that it has happened yet. They believe people will see it and think: YOU ARE AN INFERIOR FAILURE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB! Isn't that the most awful thing imaginable? Do you realize that is what you are effectively saying when you judge someone in that way? We can analyze 100 ways why people actually lose their jobs: macroeconomic changes, the whims of capitalist managers that have no rhyme or reason, product and service failures that are totally unpredictable, shifts in technology, people dumping staff to spend on AI, and so many other dynamics. Week after week I hear people saying, on this very platform, and in so many other places, "don't flag yourself - people will think you're desperate." Honestly, I find that ridiculous. People often talk to me about how we can improve mental health. You want to improve mental health? Let's start with simple things like not telling people they are a failure because they lost their job at every possible opportunity, let alone because they put a silly little green circle around their portrait that is simply meant to help them find their next opportunity. Honestly, if you look down on someone because they are advertising they are looking for work on a platform whose purpose is looking for work that builds those tools as a primary toggle for that specific reason in one of the hardest job seeking environments in certain industries, I think you need to reevaluate your approach to many, many things. I always tell all of you I do things with MANY specific reasons in mind, even if I may not spell them out each time. The reason I have all these public job posts and job seeker listings is exactly that: I'm doing everything I can to ensure there is no stigma in publicly saying "I lost my job. Help me find another one." Honestly, it is mindboggling to me with all the serious, real work left to do to get thousands of people in games back to work that this is a topic that occupies mindspace to the tune of tens of posts I see each month: should you flag yourself as Open To Work if you lost your job and are looking for a new one because how will people react? Let's all grow up and focus on fixing actual problems and if you're actually looking for work, allow me to be the first, amongst many, to support you in saying you should use every tool at your disposal and it's on all the rest of us together to get everybody else to change their attitude and to mature up.
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Novy Dhillon liked thisNovy Dhillon liked thisThe best candidate in your pipeline could very well be the one actively looking. You're just too biased to see it. I've spent nearly 15 years recruiting, and I've hired elite teams. Sure, we poached talent. We hired referrals. And I ALWAYS fought for applicants, and diligently reviewed our inbound pipelines. And... I've also ALWAYS been surrounded by hiring teams and recruiters who looked on applicants with borderline reproach. It's psychological dysfunction: hiring teams are interested in that which they are chasing, never in that which is chasing them. Here's the thing about applicants: they actually want the job. It's not rocket science: applicants are more likely to appreciate the job and to do everything in their power to succeed. The same can't always be said about the poached candidate. Fifteen years in, I'm still watching great candidates get dismissed because they had the audacity to apply, and hiring teams tell themselves that they're "discerning" when they're actually just dysfunctional.
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Novy Dhillon liked thisNovy Dhillon liked thisWe are almost there where the virtual and the physical are completely merged. This is a stunning demo. I look forward to having contact lenses replacing mobile devices and glasses for AR. #ar #physicalvirtualmerge #augmentedreality #ai
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Novy Dhillon reacted on thisNovy Dhillon reacted on thisTimbre Games has had an incredible year. Great projects with great partners and there's more awesome news coming soon. I'm mindful that it's been a hard year for many of you, and as always, my DM's are open if I can help. I've had 12 "Joe-one on one's" this week and will be opening up more slots in the weeks to come. As we head into the weekend - here's another Geoff Coates original wishing you all a safe Halloween this weekend from the team at Timbre Games
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Novy Dhillon liked thisNovy Dhillon liked thisI have a soft spot for HR lingo. Job hugging, coffee badging, the big stay and now the latest to catch my eye: career wildflowering. In this Fast Company piece, HiBob’s Macaire Montini, SHRM-SCP, CPSP describes careers that grow sideways across projects and skills before they grow upwards. (She also calls them “career mushrooms”. Less pretty, but they do pop up in unexpected places.) https://lnkd.in/deyXBusK It made me smile, because my career looks a lot like a wildflower patch. Nurse in three countries, co-founder and business partner, program director, consultant, GM, CEO. And the patch is still growing. A few of those moves seemed like detours at the time. Looking back, they’ve given me a broad perspective on business and the world that has been invaluable. If your career has been led by curiosity as well, I’d love to hear your story. #Careers #Leadership #FutureOfWorkHow ‘wildflowering’ at work could lead to promotionsHow ‘wildflowering’ at work could lead to promotions
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Novy Dhillon reacted on thisNovy Dhillon reacted on thisIf you died, your manager would post your job within 48 hours. You are replaceable at work. But not to your family, your friends, or the people who count on you to show up. Start making space for what can't be replaced. Here's how. 12 small changes to protect what matters: 1. Be the one your family remembers with love 2. Give your best energy to the people closest to you 3. Trade screen time for memories with people 4. Choose dinner with family over your inbox 5. Let your team see what healthy boundaries look like 6. Block time for friendship before your week fills up 7. Play with your kids without checking your phone 8. Show up for birthdays as well as the big wins 9. Ask better questions than "How's work?" 10. Let your calendar reflect your real values 11. Say I love you even when you're tired 12. Rest before you reach breaking point These are the shifts I share with leaders who are tired of giving their best energy to what matters least. Which one will you start with this week? ♻️ Repost this to help others. And follow Liam Darmody for more. 📧 Free tools and my newsletter for business leaders going AI-native: liamdarmody.com 📌 Build your first AI agent team with The Lean Agent Team: https://lnkd.in/eFMMegcR
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Novy Dhillon reacted on thisNovy Dhillon reacted on thisPure vibe coding in the wild. You deploy directly to production with zero planning, hit one tiny bug, and spend the next six hours frantically prompt-engineering your way into an absolute system-wide apocalypse. Just like the experts. (Credit: Pat & Mat)
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