Quoted from soren:They might find sufficient return on investment on code on products no longer in production. Reputation, positive press etc. Plus you forget that some pinball machines are coin-up amusement. What if Ghostbusters grew its coin-up revenue.
Show me a quote or statement supporting this. Some reputation that guy has. I am impressed. Yes, he, and other people in pinball, may put in a lot of hours, have a floaty work week etc. But calling this pastime activity outside of his peers at Stern. Naaa, doubt it.
I don't have a quote handy as proof and certainly don't have the time to find it now, but I also definitely remember hearing from him that he does a lot of his side coding on his free time (last few Metallica / Walking Dead updates for instance).