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More than 1,200 games journalists have left the media in the last two years [VGC] (www.videogameschronicle.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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[–] 8 points 9 months ago

Sadly not surprising when so many get laid off ☹️

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    [–] [S] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    that's 1200 highly self-motivated workers that are now competing with you and me for the "boring" jobs. Not to wish ill on these former journalists - I hope all these people have landed in good places with stable incomes. But man... this job market just keeps getting more and more brutal. Jobs are eliminated and more and more workers are competing for the same tiny pool.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago*

    Whenever these massive tech companies started laying people off during 2020 was when I went "well shit". I was only a year into my job and struggled to find something even somewhat relevant at that point prior to covid. I thankfully still have that job for now but I don't know what's next

    Tech workers have become a dime a dozen now it seems. Heck all workers seem to have. Now with the whole AI thing I'm trying to think of what I can pivot to.

    Tech is ruined for me personally. I don't want to touch AI. I've been considering some kind of business i can start myself or like...I don't know really. I'm just burnt out and don't know what the future will look like. There's so much uncertainty

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    • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Games writers maybe. There haven't been 1200 games journalists operating at the same time ever. There were a lot of people at a lot of sites simply regurgitating news, but that is definitely not what a journalist is. They are extremely different disciplines.

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