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The reason people usually only work at VFX companies for 9-16 months is because they have to underbid, bidding higher means no contracts, lays them off, then an
by cududa 3y ago
The reason people usually only work at VFX companies for 9-16 months is because they have to underbid, bidding higher means no contracts, lays them off, then another studio springs up that them and their coworkers all go to and the cycle repeats.
Somebody is always going to bid lower, go bankrupt/ skeleton crew, and another studio springs up with idealism that there’s will be different.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoThe question is why is another studio springing up, if even a lay commenter on HN knows it is bound to fail?
- _jal 3y agoSame reason you see so many never-gonna-happen startups in the Valley. There are two rules to remember in markets like this: (1) If things keep happening, someone is getting paid. (2) If you look around the table can't can't spot the sucker...
- lotsofpulp 3y agoThen it sounds like the previous comments claiming no one is getting paid are incorrect.
- yafbum 3y agoExcept that the never gonna happen startups aren't really putting any bidding pressure on Cisco or Intel or whatever...
- yafbum 3y agoWhy do they have to underbid? Why is somebody is always going to bid lower? This does not really happen in most other industries, which know their cost structures and don't underbid themselves into the ground.