Comment on Phoenix Labs (creators of Dauntless and Fae Farm) just laid off most of their dev team
Shadow@lemmy.ca 1 week agoI wish I could get more into this, but yes there were some major missteps during the covid/post-covid “stocks are crazy high, money is free!” period. After that there just wasn’t really a way to recover.
Unfortunately it’s pretty hard to avoid VC money, the tech industry runs on it.
sosodev@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s hard but not impossible. You’ll make less money but have much more stability.
After multiple layoffs I started freelancing. The autonomy and multiple streams of income has been great for my mental health.