LinkedIn's community is a powerful counter to gaming job losses | VentureBeat

November 21, 2023 3:35 PM Tencent’s Amir Satvat and Devoted Studio’s Ninel Anderson speak at GamesBeat Next 2023.Image Credit: GamesBeat Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the brightest minds of the gaming industry? Consider getting a custom GamesBeat sponsorship. Learn more. It’s not a trade secret that the video game industry is in the middle of a layoff crisis. Thousands of professionals in the industry have lost their jobs as studios and developers restructure and reset financial goals following the pandemic boom. But it’s not all gloom, as the community is taking steps to provide assistance to those who have been laid off. One of the biggest communities providing uplift is on LinkedIn, and one of its most important voices is Amir Satvat. Satvat is the business development director at Tencent, and he sat down with Devoted Studios’ CEO Ninel Anderson for a fireside chat at GamesBeat Next 2023. Satvat and Anderson spoke about the former’s efforts to help the jobseekers and build a community on LinkedIn. Satvat has been named one of LinkedIn’s Top voices in the games industry, and has built a community of tens of thousands of people amongst his followers. According to
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