I think another part of the problem here is that there are simply too few jobs available which makes the impact of layoffs worse. Environment artist for example is probably the most numerous type of modeling job there is and yet there's only a few dozen jobs posted nationwide at any given point. Thats pretty rough to have…
artists in Cali make 100k because rent is like fucking 5k/month for a 4x4 foot cardboard box in a parking lot at walmart that's been tastefully decorated with homeless people (actually your coworkers, who got fired) vomit, so glad I moved out For you europeans out there; it's like living in London, but unironically
Junior wages are cheaper buts that's not the whole story You're not in competition with experienced people because we don't hire them for the same jobs we hire juniors for. You're in competition with other juniors and grads, just like you always were. Are there less jobs? Maybe.. I don't think there's less than there were…
The constant layoffs are a big part in why I left this field. There is little to no stability even if you become 'tenured', too few jobs to go around and a lot of the jobs you'll run into are in SoCal where rent is unaffordable for many. Because the field is built on 'hope and dreams' that a game will be able to sell…
i think the west has a long way to fall and the global south is coming up with billions of people who want to live like americans, so I'd expect the oceans to swallow us before capitalist lose their stronghold. but certainly game developers could unionize between now and then, so that they might get fucked with with a…
With these mass layoffs going on it just pushes the non-experienced even further down the foodchain. Studios looking to replace the low end of the pipeline with AI makes it worse. Then to top it off a huge portion, maybe even most, of the available 3D artist positions are only for seniors and leads. So basically if your a…
Now Riot's laying off about 11% of their staff. Great. God, I hate corporate-speak. Anyone fancy taking bets on some of those jobs getting replaced with AI? This year, I'd been hoping to take some training and get actually job-worthy, in terms of skills. But now I'm wondering, will it even lead to anything? Seems like the…
Thats a great video, I also liked this article, https://www.kotaku.com.au/2024/01/xbox-is-not-your-friend/ And this linkedin post https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dennisdetwiller_videogame-activity-7156680737394434048-fx-C?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop I feel a union would help to level the playing field, and…
I may have distracted the thread a little with that remark. To be clear, at least from what I saw, it's ostensibly money-saving because they stretched themselves too thin. AI wasn't mentioned that I saw; I was just speculating as it's been a growing concern ever since it really blew up. Even ignoring that, with a lot of…
Right now, all eyes are on Tech Art and Tools in the studio scene. We're diving into these discussions full throttle. But gotta say, the Art and assets side feels like a race to the bottom. It's a downer seeing mid-size studios slimming down to tiny teams. So, we're shifting gears a bit. Been checking out the commercial…