[game_edu] Game studies and the economy

[Scott Maddock]

Certainly true, though not always the case, sadly.  I was laid off right at
the start of the economic downturn, and found job listings for a designer
(the same position I was vacating) *the same day* on Gamasutra.

I count myself particularly lucky to be employed...I may have been the only
game developer in the country *hired* in December of 2008 =P

Erin's article makes a good point, though.  The fiscal year for many
companies is just ending now, so we may see an increase in hiring soon.
2009/4/1 Brenda Brathwaite <bbrathwa at scad.edu>


>  Just a note on the companies that are hiring and simultaneously laying

> people off - sometimes the transfer of knowledge isn't a 1 to 1. We're a

> specialized industry like any other (pediatrics can suffer a layoff while

> cardiology is hiring).

>

> Brenda

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