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Game Career Seminar: Personal North Star
Ted DiNola (Developer Relations Engineer, Meta)
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Track: Game Career Development
Format: Lecture
Vault Recording: TBD
Audience Level: All
If you ask a dozen game developers to take you through their career history, you'll get a dozen different answers. Working in games takes you on weird paths, through unexpected upsets, opportunities, and revelations. In Personal North Star, games maker Ted DiNola discusses how to think critically about how to choose your next steps, how to think about growing your craft, what to look for in work opportunities, how to set your path in line with your goals, and how to accept that your goals are constantly evolving.
Takeaway
Attendees should come away armed with new ways of thinking about their own growth, how to weigh opportunities, and how to chart their path.
Intended Audience
Students, Hobbyists, Established developers considering career changes, Educators
