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I think we can all agree that, aside from being hit by a speeding train or dropping a hot meal you've been cooking for hours, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/layoffs">being fired from your job</a> is like, <em>the worst</em> thing that can happen to you. As such, we expected the speakers on last week's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/gdc-2010">GDC</a> rant panel, titled "Fired and Fired-up: Jobless Developer's Rant," to be especially inflammatory. We were not disappointed.<br />
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Just past the jump, we've highlighted three of our favorite presentations from the panel. Some of them get awfully, <em>explicitly</em> blue, so if you happen to find yourself reading this video game news site while at work, you might want to think twice about going beyond the break. (You should also get back to work, you lazy so-and-so!)<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/15/gdc-recently-laid-off-developers-rant-about-being-laid-off/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Recently laid-off devs rant about being recently laid off</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/15/gdc-recently-laid-off-developers-rant-about-being-laid-off/">Recently laid-off devs rant about being recently laid off</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/15/gdc-recently-laid-off-developers-rant-about-being-laid-off/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19397983/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/15/gdc-recently-laid-off-developers-rant-about-being-laid-off/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>carey-chico</category><category>chris-hecker</category><category>developer</category><category>development</category><category>ea</category><category>Electronic-Arts</category><category>ensemble</category><category>firing</category><category>gdc-2010</category><category>layoffs</category><category>maxis</category><category>microsoft</category><category>pandemic</category><category>panel</category><category>paul-bettner</category><category>rant</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griffin McElroy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
