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gHarmony: Networking Your Way into Acquiring Your True Love Job Match in the Game Development Industry
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gHarmony: Networking Your Way into Acquiring Your True Love Job Match in the Game Development Industry

Speaker/s: Lindsey McQueeney (38 Studios/Big Huge Games)
Day / Time / Location: Friday 9:00-10:00 Room 135, North Hall
Track / Duration / Format / Audience Level: Game Career Seminar / 60-Minute / Lecture / All
GDC Vault Recording: Video Recorded
Description: Feeling unwanted or ignored? Having trouble forging lasting relationships with game studios and developers? Concerned that it’s your breath, your BO, or worse? Join senior games industry recruiter, Lindsey McQueeney (38 Studios/Big Huge Games) as she addresses the top 5 best and worst ways to make an impression, with a focus on appropriate networking, as well as provides actual Developer anecdotes regarding their first forays into networking their way into the industry.
Takeaway: Interested entry-level game developers will be provided with examples of appropriate networking tools, including but not limited to: applying directly; event/conference networking; networking through clubs and communities; networking through social media; and networking through friends. First-hand accounts of different Developers' experiences with getting their foot in the door will be provided throughout the presentation, as well as examples for appropriate and inappropriate ways to apply and interview after the networking has lead to next steps towards a job at a game development studio.

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