The 2025 Bum Thread

mid_gen · Wednesday at 11:25

Seems there's a few people who are or will imminently be unemployed this year. I'm currently serving my notice period due to an RTO mandate.

Not sure what I'm going to do next. Remote work? Not likely as games job market is dead. Freelance? Maybe. Make an indie game? Maybe. Make some Unreal tools and flog em? Maybe. Bin off games entirely? Build my Youtube channel? Work on videography as a profession? Bugger off to live somewhere very remote and cheap and just do a bit of seasonal work to pay the bills whilst doing loads of climbing and outdoors stuff?

* The last item is very high on my list right now

Fortunately I have a good savings runway and very low overheads so I can not work for years if necessary.

ColdAsIce · Wednesday at 12:58

What work were you doing in video games?

malachi · Wednesday at 13:21

Same, got given the "Heave-ho" End of October, also serving my notice period till end of Feb.

Currently living in mainland Europe, job market here is rubbish for IT. Had a few interviews but nothing came of them.

Yesterday I had an 5hr interview for a Cloud Architect role. Not fun going through long and multiple interview stage again.

Thankfully, I have zero debt here and in the UK.

Diddums · Wednesday at 13:30

ColdAsIce said:
What work were you doing in video games?

Microtransactions.

mid_gen · Wednesday at 15:12

ColdAsIce said:
What work were you doing in video games?

I am a Lead AI Programmer by trade.

Diddums said:
Microtransactions.

Oh that I worked on something that was simple, I chose to specialise in the most complex bit of game development

NickK · 2025-01-16T22:53:17+0000

I got the push late last year my boss and others at the end of dec.

In november I decided to upskill by doing an artificial intelligence short programme at oxford uni. Rationale was I wanted a vendor independent course that had structure and would be recognised.

Now on module 5/6, it’s been really good, resolves many of the questions I have and given me confidence.

From an employment market, it’s probably worth pointing out thay many roles are touted to change but given the law, regulatory flux and BS around AI it’s worth saying it will change with AI augmenting most roles and automating ones thay dont need social skills or expertise inovating or creatively.
I think things will change, but I dont think we’ll see replacements unless you’re simply doing donkey work in law or tax etc. it should be noted that 35-45% speed up for coding doesn’t stretch to complex systems which drop to 10%.