Why I changed the industry
You’ve seen AI image generators. You’ve seen AI videos with sound. You’ve heard that AI can even create games. The moment old clients and long-time friends started saying they don't need a concept artist anymore, I knew it was over. Not just slow—over. The only reason why you did not hear about it is because while in the automotive industry they loose 50k jobs, there are not even 50k jobs in the entire German games industry to begin with. Last time I checked the games industry in Germany consists of about 11k jobs. That's also why I worked most of my life for companies outside of Germany. However in the games job market it feels like there are maybe five open roles worldwide. In Germany: basically none. The market was always tough. “Starving artist” isn’t a joke; it’s a business model. I still made it work for a long time and achieved some good things, that are now helping me to readjust. I got into it because colleagues and teachers pushed me, and I saw that it was possible...