Cole McElwain
- Cole McElwain relocated to California for a job at Blizzard in October.
- After just four months, he was laid off after the gaming company made a big round of job cuts.
- McElwain says he doesn't regret moving to California, but the city's cost of living worries him.
This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Cole McElwain. The following has been edited for length and clarity.
I applied for roles at Blizzard for almost two years before landing a job there.
At the time, I'd been working as an office assistant at Activision in Minnesota, but the Blizzard job was based in California.