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Preparing for a game dev career.(Knowledge & Career)(trends in video games industry)

Computer Graphics World

| October 01, 2007 | Jamaa, Patrick | COPYRIGHT 2007 PennWell Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Finding a job in video game development may seem like a dream to some, but it is a dream that is achievable. If you are looking to work in the video game industry, one of the most important things to recognize is that development teams are often quite large and diverse. This is a boon to someone who wants to break into the market because there are many job opportunities in a broad range of fields.

Today, those opportunities are more prevalent than ever, as the industry is currently in an era of unprecedented growth.

For instance, the US Bureau of Labor predicts that the growth of software publishing, of which video game development is a part, will expand ...

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