11 months, back in 2009. Absolutely horrible. I couldn't find a job for shit. Second longest unemployment stint was 6 months in 2011, right before I got picked up by Timegate. Now, I'm two weeks into my third time unemployed. Fun shit. :|
I was unemployed for a year and a half straight out of college but thats what you get for not knowing exactly what you want to do in 3D. Party my fault, partly the focus of the school. After my contract at Sony Bend ended, I was unemployed for about 6 months? It was the slow holiday season of hiring, then GDC, then I…
4 months and counting... Starting to feel hopeless, only had 1 interview (within a week of being laid off) and a major lack of responses since. I'm financially stable right now, but at the beginning of my unemployment it was tough. Jacque's situation sounds awfully familiar, though a lot more severe. Studio hadn't paid me,…
about 1 month when I was laid off from Mythic. I had a month to prepare because HR spilled the beans and the layoff was really just sending me home in November but still paying me that month. I could have had a job lined up immediately but I wanted to enjoy the holidays with my family. Recently I was a contract environment…
I get the sense that some HR people (& immigration) look at 'not working inhouse' as being unemployed - mainly because its so hard to prove exactly how long you were *actually* working on freelance. If I was to look at it that way, then I've been unemployed for periods of up to 3 years. Tangent: I got over worrying about…
Thats a damn good question man, I'm glad you asked. Despite us being horribly geographically challenged down here as far as the Games Industry goes in order to progress, I had to completely abolish that entire side of the equation from my mind. There were a couple of key factors to keep the fortitude buffed. 1) I turned…