• MangioneDontMiss@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    I work in games. Its fucking incredible looking at my linkedin. I would say about 80% of my coworkers throughout my career are out of work right now. I started my own company because I was sick of it.

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      1 month ago

      I want to ask what company so I can see what you’re making but I imagine you don’t want to doxx yourself, especially not with that username lol

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      I started my own company because I was sick of it.

      I’m genuinely curious to hear how you’ve found it easier to land clients than employers. In my experience, you really need a good in with a bigger firm if you’re going to have any hope of launching a business. Unless your old employer is jettisoning their contracts as quickly as they jettison their staff, that can be tricky.

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      1 month ago

      Is it a cooperative one? Or are you on the road to becoming the next shitty owner?

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        1 month ago

        look at my user name.

        I once joined a company because literally everyone in the company had the same salary. i took a 30k loss of salary to join that project. I believed in the company though and its founders. it turned out to be the best place i ever worked.