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It's brutal out there: Deus Ex and Unreal composer says he's submitted 50 resumes and gotten one interview in the last year (www.pcgamer.com)
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AI's impact on audio production has, of course, become a hot topic in the game music world.

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[-] vantablack 25 points 2 months ago

i've seen people do fifty resumes A WEEK to basically the same result

[-] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 9 points 2 months ago

Now that I think about it, I've only had two situations in my ~15 year career where I was able to get a job via a "cold application". One of them was the worst employement experience of my life. The other one was great.

There was some level of "getting my foot in the door" with all my other jobs. Internship after my Masters program, meeting someone at an non-work event and getting hired via former employers/colleagues.

That really sucks for your friends. I've been there and it really kills motivation.

[-] Alberat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

yeah it sucks because every employer wants you to be excited for their company... but if you get excited, youre likely to get let down when you get rejected

[-] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yep. When I got laid off last year my goal was 10 applications a day.

Most resulted in no response. Of those who did respond, most were boilerplate rejection emails.

[-] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Did you find a job yet?

[-] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Yes, I did, with a local company instead of a remote company like I worked at previously.

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