Become a fan of Slashdot on Facebook Nickname: Password: Nickname: Password: The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. "said Carl Tannenbaum, the chief economist of Northern Trust. "I tell people a wave is coming...." Thousands of video game workers lost jobs last year and the year before."Yeah, video games have nothing to do with leading a wave in white color jobs. The video game industry is not representative of white collar jobs generally, they're just too different. "said Carl Tannenbaum, the chief economist of Northern Trust. "I tell people a wave is coming...." Thousands of video game workers lost jobs last year and the year before." Yeah, video games have nothing to do with leading a wave in white color jobs. The video game industry is not representative of white collar jobs generally, they're just too different. Two issues - the lockdowns massively increased demand for videogames and videogame companies massively hired in response. That demand fell off pretty quick once the world opened up and people were allowed to touch grass again. (Tech in general with some exceptions like Apple overhired during the lockdowns and then laid a crapton of people off, but videogame companies have been slower in doing layoffs.) The other is that many recent huge budget videogames have flopped in way that would impress Shamu. Two reasons for that: Neither of these have anything to do with the current state of the economy. Hopefully the unqualified people get pushed out of the tech sector forthwith so the rest of us can get back to business. According to Ubisoft at least AC: Shadows has been the second most revenue in history for the AC franchise. [pcgamer.com] and is sitting at a "Very Positive" with almost 13k Steam reviews. I can say with the utmost confidence that with the respect of your claims about the on the ground reality of the game industry, you do not know what the fuck you're taking about. But if it makes you feel smart, you do you I guess. "said Carl Tannenbaum, the chief economist of Northern Trust. "I tell people a wave is coming...." Thousands of video game workers lost jobs last year and the year before."Yeah, video games have nothing to do with leading a wave in white color jobs. The video game industry is not representative of white collar jobs generally, they're just too different.The current churn shows some jobs becoming less common and others becoming more common. This is an economic phenomenon that has always been ever-present. Jobs requiring use of AI are increasing. Jobs developing AI are also increasing and are super high paying jobs. Meanwhile, some jobs are being replaced by AI tools; these jobs tend to be lower paying, but there are also a lot of these jobs. We'll see how all of this manifests in the overall number of jobs. If jobs are replaced by AI with no new jobs "said Carl Tannenbaum, the chief economist of Northern Trust. "I tell people a wave is coming...." Thousands of video game workers lost jobs last year and the year before."Yeah, video games have nothing to do with leading a wave in white color jobs. The video game industry is not representative of white collar jobs generally, they're just too different. "said Carl Tannenbaum, the chief economist of Northern Trust. "I tell people a wave is coming...." Thousands of video game workers lost jobs last year and the year before." Yeah, video games have nothing to do with leading a wave in white color jobs. The video game industry is not representative of white collar jobs generally, they're just too different. The current churn shows some jobs becom