The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: How to get a job in games
Guests from UKIE, Creative Assembly, Failbetter Games and Ant Workshop join us at EGX Rezzed 2017
The latest episode of The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast is available to download now, and focuses on the various routes to securing a role in games.
Recorded at EGX Rezzed 2017, James is joined by some of the experts and mentors who offered advice at the first of this year's GamesIndustry.biz Careers Fairs. Failbetter's Hannah Flynn, Creative Assembly's Pawel Wojs, UKIE's Sophie Densham and Ant Workshop's Tony Gowland discuss the various potential paths to a career in the games industry.
Along the way, they touch upon the importance of an impressive portfolio, the value of experience, the need for dedication and the perils of working for free. While the expertise of the panelists means the conversation is often dominated by development, much of the advice also applies to other fields in the games industry.
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