It came to my attention extremely late yesterday evening that some people were upset about the content of my email/post yesterday.
I don’t know how many people were upset – I do know some people were extremely upset and were publicly vocal about it.
So, a few things I want to address in relation to that. This is the only thing I’m planning to share publicly.
- It is very rarely my intention to attack or marginalize anyone. Yesterday’s content wasn’t one of the times I intended to do that. I say “very rarely” instead of “never” here because I know I’ve called out at least one person over a bad cold email – in that case, to point out the flaws would inherently cause shame. I hear that regardless of intention, some of you felt attacked – that sucks to hear, and I’m sorry as that wasn’t my aim.
- I do often intend to share my thoughts, push you, and encourage you that you can be better than you think you can be. I’m not going to stop telling you that.
- I have no problems with marginalized folks, and want marginalized folks to succeed tremendously. I literally work with and under you, quite literally every day.
- The tweets I referenced in yesterdays post were either 2 or 3 in a row on my timeline the day I wrote that post (multiple days ago). It was retweeted onto my timeline – I saw a hashtag, didn’t click it, and wasn’t aware that it had turned into any big discussion. You could make an argument that I should be more aware – but unfortunately I closed and uninstalled Twitter right after that. Regardless, I feel legitimately awful that people in that discussion felt attacked – I’m sorry for that.
- As stated in the content of the post – please feel free to share what you make monetarily and get that information from others. I said I don’t care if you do, and I mean it. If it helps you, it helps you, and I’m glad it helps you. Your experience is entirely different than mine – you’re a different human than I am.
- I attempted to make it clear in the post that it was opinion and not prescription. Clearly, I failed at clarifying that and that I was speaking from my own experience. With what I write – I hope that you use what works for you, and toss out the rest. It’s a commonly shared phrase that “there’s no one right path in game audio” – I believe that.
- I hear that I came off as making broad, generalized, and in some cases toxic statements. That wasn’t my intention, but I understand that people felt attacked and hurt regardless. I’m sorry to you, specifically, if you feel or felt that.
My hope was not to dishonor or demean folks – but to provide a perspective where you find yourself unique and valuable because you’re you. There’s nobody like you. I would like everyone to feel good about that.
Unfortunately, that was miscommunicated. I’m well aware that I’m not the best communicator in the world – written or otherwise – and I feel horrible (I mean literally physically) that my output caused harm.
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