After over two plus years from graduation with a degree in Game Design, my son finally landed a job. I blame it partly on COVID-19. He missed his summer intern jobs. Even though he attended graduation ceremony in May 2022, he had to do some project that finished in August 2022. Maybe he didn't send out enough resume, or maybe the game companies weren't hiring, he got nowhere. He took an online web-design course with other programming classes but that didn't help either. I got him to help me with my local Buy Nothing Swap Meet, just volunteer work but it helps to get him out of the house and meet people. I also got him to work as a poll worker, again just for the experience. I always think of working for the Board of Election the equivalent of serving jury duty or being in the military. It's mostly civic duty, the pay is not much, if you don't count the tuition military people get afterward. But now, a few weeks back, he finally landed a job, something more steady, even though it's not related to his study. At this point, something is better than nothing. The interesting thing is he was hired as a part-time worker, just a few hours on a few days during the week, then a block of eight hours on Saturdays. Some other kid was hired full-time but his performance was not good enough. He was terminated and my son became a full-time employee. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. It's also about who you know, since we learned about the job from a friend's daughter. It's my hope that my son continues to work on his game and some day publish it and it becomes a killer app. Hope for the best but dream a little, too. Congratulations, son!
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