Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam
1484 points by newobj | 340 comments
Show HN AMA post by a former Meta compiler engineer who, after being laid off, made the roguelike pachinko game Ballionaire, which sold ~200,000 copies on Steam.

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