“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 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