I work in games sooooo... First job was at a small games startup making J2ME games. Folded after six months. Got paid what I was owed. Then I worked at Realti

I work in games sooooo... First job was at a small games startup making J2ME games. Folded after six months. Got paid what I was owed. Then I worked at Realtime Worlds which folded after the launch of APB. Company crashed and burnt leaving me out of pocket. Worked for CCP Games and went through many rounds of layoffs over the years I was there. I get jittery about unannounced all hands thanks to this. Was never laid off but left after getting a better offer. Joined Autodesk who were pretty excellent as an employer in comparison to any games job previously. There was a big reorg at the start of the new year after I had joined and a lot of satellite teams were let go. We stayed on due to a big project. Laid off during my last week of paternity leave when the project was canned. They handled it very well and I ended up with three months of gardening leave which suited me fine spending time with my family. Since then I’ve worked for two more companies and haven’t been laid off thankfully. For the most part I think I’ve bounced back pretty well. I’ve always had a new job within a couple of weeks of being laid off which obviously helps make you feel secure. I definitely am super anxious about the possibility though and having seen so many friends and colleagues lose their jobs hate any thing that smells like it’s in the offing. As a positive I’ve seen too many good people get laid off to think it’s any indicator of lack of skill or desirability.