Heartbreaking news today as Something Wicked Games had to lay off most of their staff. As someone who has been in the industry for nearly 25 years, I…
“Heartbreaking news today as Something Wicked Games had to lay off most of their staff. As someone who has been in the industry for nearly 25 years, I understand the challenges of finding a new position during these tough times. I specialize in human and creature locomotion and Mocap, with some key framing experience as well, and animation team leadership. If anyone has any leads or opportunities, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you all for your support.”
It’s not as bad as it was in 2022 and early 2023, but it’s still high relative to the norm.
That’s not necessarily bad; it was in significant part driven by the Federal Reserve holding rates down during COVID-19. If that hadn’t happened, there might have been a recession, lot of people losing jobs back then.
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It’s not inflation - it’s price gouging by corporations. Wages aren’t going up nearly as quickly as corporate profits.
It’s definitely inflation. Normally, we see around 2% annual inflation.
Here’s what it’s done recently in the US:
https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-by-category-line-chart.htm
It’s not as bad as it was in 2022 and early 2023, but it’s still high relative to the norm.
That’s not necessarily bad; it was in significant part driven by the Federal Reserve holding rates down during COVID-19. If that hadn’t happened, there might have been a recession, lot of people losing jobs back then.
And then 5 trillion more were dumped in by congress. Half during the Trump admin and almost that much under Biden’s