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Did video game investment hit rock bottom, and is it ready to go back up? (www.gamesindustry.biz)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The loss is job security for existing developers

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

From what I've been reading the past few years, job security for developers doesn't exist beyond the current game they're working on.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It’s slowly changing with the formation of unions.

[–] aBundleOfFerrets 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They can just transition to being indie devs or transition to adjacent programming fields. It is not challenging to find work as a programmer. I doubt positions known for brutal crunch time are very coveted by the devs that hold them