Just spat my morning tea all over the screen when reading this: https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/28/23894266/epic-games-layoffs-fortnite-unreal-engine Epic laying off over 800.
if you are learning on the job then you aren't a specialist though. It sounds like they specifically don't want to have to train anybody. I don't understand it, it seems like the opposite way to run a business in a sensible way to me. Grabbing a bunch of random people and then trying to go 100mph and then dump most…
The industry definitley goes through waves, usually tied to the overall economy. I remember it being like this during 2008-2010 where there seemed to be a ton of studio closures, layoffs every week etc. With interest rates blasting upwards, it is a lot higher risk to fund speculative projects these days, when money is…