Sinopse
Professional advice, information and inspiration on getting a job making video games.Im Jason, your career mentor at Game Industry Career Guide. Ive spent over 15 years in the game industry, doing lots of different jobs: QA Tester, 3D Modeler, Game Designer, Lead Programmer, Studio Technical Director, Director of Studio Operations, and General Purpose Entrepreneur. (Whew!)Ive got years of experience hiring and managing game people from many backgrounds. Ive also written for industry magazines and spoken at international industry events, and worked with top game dev universities.Now Im pouring all my industry experience into this Career Guide, to help you start and build your own career making video games.Learn more at www.GameIndustryCareerGuide.com
Episódios
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![GICG010: How can I stay healthy while spending all day at a computer making video games?]()
GICG010: How can I stay healthy while spending all day at a computer making video games?
23/06/2015 Duração: 07minToday's question is from Grzegorz N., who wants to know, how can a video game developer stay healthy, while working all day in front of a computer? To ask me anything about getting a job or building your career making video games, find me at www.GameIndustryCareerGuide.com LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Setting up an ergonomic computer workstation: http://ergonomics.ucla.edu/office-ergonomics/4-steps.html Video of me doing parkour :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcg-7KclHeA
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![GICG 009: How can I change my career and become a video game developer instead?]()
GICG 009: How can I change my career and become a video game developer instead?
10/06/2015 Duração: 05minToday's question is from Justin, who wants to know how he could change careers and become a professional video game developer instead? To ask me anything about getting a job or building your career making video games, find me at www.GameIndustryCareerGuide.com LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Unity game engine tutorials: http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules
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![GICG 008: Should I drop out of college and learn to make games on my own?]()
GICG 008: Should I drop out of college and learn to make games on my own?
27/05/2015 Duração: 07minToday's question is from John, his son is wondering if he should drop out of college and learn to make games on his own? To ask me a question about how you can get a job making games, hit me up at www.GameIndustryCareerGuide.com LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE http://www.gameindustrycareerguide.com/5-legit-reasons-not-to-drop-out-of-college/
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![GICG 007: Do I need a college degree to become a video game tester?]()
GICG 007: Do I need a college degree to become a video game tester?
08/05/2015 Duração: 06minToday's question comes from Sabrina M., who’s wondering whether she needs a college degree to become a video game tester? To ask me a question about how you can get a job making games, hit me up at www.GameIndustryCareerGuide.com LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Land a Job as a Video Game Tester book: http://www.gameindustrycareerguide.com/tester-book-pdf Find jobs: http://www.gameindustrycareerguide.com/jobs Thanks for listening!
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![GICG 006: Would a computer science degree be helpful for a career making video games?]()
GICG 006: Would a computer science degree be helpful for a career making video games?
04/05/2015 Duração: 03minToday's question is from Chris B., who’s wondering whether a computer science degree would be helpful to a video game design career, or in the video game industry in general? To ask me a question about how you can get a job making games, hit me up at www.GameIndustryCareerGuide.com For detailed information about game industry salaries, read the article www.gameindustrycareerguide.com /video-game-developer-salary/
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![GICG 005: Should I move to a big city to start my career in video games?]()
GICG 005: Should I move to a big city to start my career in video games?
13/04/2015 Duração: 06minToday's question is from Julie, who wants to know whether she should relocate to a different city to look for higher-paying game jobs? To ask me a question about how you can get a job making games, hit me up at www.GameIndustryCareerGuide.com For a list of the top "game development hotbed" cities in the USA and the World, check out the article at http://www.gameindustrycareerguide.com/best-cities-for-video-game-development-jobs/
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![GICG 004: What are the different job occupations in the video game industry?]()
GICG 004: What are the different job occupations in the video game industry?
05/04/2015 Duração: 06minToday's question is from Dennis, who wants to know what are the all the different job occupations in the video game industry? To ask me a question about how you can get a job making games, hit me up at www.GameIndustryCareerGuide.com For more details about the different jobs in the game industry, check out the article series at www.GameIndustryCareerGuide.com/quest-for-your-video-game-career/
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![GICG 003: Does the video game industry have a terrible work life balance?]()
GICG 003: Does the video game industry have a terrible work life balance?
25/03/2015 Duração: 09minToday's question is from Gena, who wants to know whether the work life balance in the video game industry is as bad as she's heard it is? To ask me a question about how you can get a job making games, hit me up at www.GameIndustryCareerGuide.com
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![GICG 002: How can I get a job testing video games from home?]()
GICG 002: How can I get a job testing video games from home?
20/03/2015 Duração: 05minToday's question is from Autrey, who wants to know how she can get a job testing video games from home, but also avoid getting ripped off by a game testing scam? To ask me a question about how you can get a job making games, hit me up at www.GameIndustryCareerGuide.com
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![GICG 001: How can I learn video game design, but also game art and programming?]()
GICG 001: How can I learn video game design, but also game art and programming?
13/03/2015 Duração: 07minToday's question is from Michael, who wants to be a video game designer/programmer/artist... if that's even possible? To ask me a question about how you can get a job making games, hit me up at www.GameIndustryCareerGuide.com
