How To Get A Job In The Video Game Industry (Udemy.com)

This course was exactly what I was looking for in my journey into the video game industry. The course provides great examples with Rick and Ben thoroughly explaining them and all other content very well, and provides very helpful tips on how to refine resumes, cover letters, LinkedIn profiles, and building a portfolio in great detail - something I really needed as I felt I was struggling to make an impact in my job search but was stuck on what to focus on in each of these aspects of my overall professional profile. I have lots of work to do but with the content from this course I feel much better than before. The course was very informative, helpful, encouraging, and most of all enjoyable to take and I highly recommend it to others.

Edit: After going through 100% of the content I can tell that this was really valuable and very informative and useful information. This course is Gold and anyone should take this course to understand these fundamentals. I know there are many coaches out there trying to tell you different ways of getting a job or so, but Rick is different, he is a real world class instructor and a really good coach. I have a teacher very similar to him and I wish there were more people like this. Awesome work gamedev.tv!

I would like to say thank you for this course. After building a portfolio and spending my free time developing my programming and social skills I finally got my first job as a unity programmer, totally worth it. And although it was a temporary work at a small indie team I not only learned a lot but also after being paid for doing what I love for the first time I finally realize that coding games is what I am passionate about and that it is possible to achieve if you put enough effort and dedication into it. Thank you so much =)

This course was really enjoyable and helpful in many ways. Absolutely a good course, I found many useful tips that makes your LinkedIn profile better, searching jobs in the right places, understand how to make a portfolio and many more. I had been struggling to decide what I really wanted to do in the game industry. After this course, I found focus and an area of expertise. I have completely made a 180 on LinkedIn. I always get a fast response if I have any questions. GameDev.tv got the by far the best course on Udemy regarding Game Development And Thank you Rick for this course, and taking the time and effort to create this course and help answer questions from many people including me. In addition, Rick's lectures are engaging, insightful, and humorous. I loved the use of real life case studies in each section as they really helped to show the tangible results of Rick's strategies and methods. I am glad to have bought this course. I even finished in 2 days. made me interested to watch until it was finished, lol

This is a very objetive course. It really touches the things you need to do to get a job in the game industry and is very clear about how the responsibility is yours to do them! There is no magic nor miracle, just a good thinking process and a lot of experience behind the tutor. If you want to know what the real world will be expecting from you, I believe this is as precise as a course can be on the matter. I am very glad to have taken the time to take this course, it highlighted many points in witch I need improving and showed me excellent strategies to get them "fixed". Overall, I would recommend this course not to someone who wants to get a job just because took a course, but to someone that wants to find jobs and have real chances of getting them.

A lot of what Rick covers is very common knowledge for searching for jobs in general. I can see how this course could be helpful for someone younger without much professional experience straight out of college. The most helpful part is regarding the resume and portfolio and how Rick personally messages you back in the Q&A sections giving you specific advice when you follow his 'process'.

This course was extremely useful to me. As a person looking to enter the industry without any particular relevant formal education (studying Computer Science on the side but it will be a few years) applicable to any of these positions, I am leaning heavily on self-education and networking to leverage a move into the industry. This course discusses specifically on how to go about networking and learning what skills you need to ultimately create things you can show off to potential employers, whether in the form of a portfolio, artifacts, or simply volunteering your effort towards whatever cause people in the company you are targeting care about. I feel very lucky to have discovered this course, and would recommend it to everyone seeking entry into the industry!

First of all, amazing course, a lot of real examples and the content doesn't only apply to the game industry, you can use what you learn for any job application. My only problem with the course, it doesn't cover in more detail application to jobs from others countries, the content is really good, but if you are looking for something to help you to apply to a job in other country, it doesn't cover a lot on that topic (The course have a video, it's really good, but i think it's a topic that need more content, after all, just a few countries in the world have the majority of Game jobs, and if you are interested in a course to find a job, probably you are from another country) Pros: - Great material, you can apply this to any job. - Really easy to watch. Cons: - Little content on finding a job on the industry from another country.

Great and thorough course. Great direction and explanation of details as well as the encompassing concepts that tie them together. So many of my concerns going into the course were covered clearly. I feel significantly better prepared to approach my particular career aspirations. My remaining questions are mostly about how I feel is best to tackle my personal situation; but the information provided makes me feel capable of sorting that out or finding the additional information I need to gauge my optimal path. There is also a community forum where I could likely get advice on some of these points. In addition to the conveyance of knowledge, I feel the presentation is good. It isn't bothersome to view. There are few mistakes and none that really cause hindrance. Rick also heeded my feedback about one of the course materials and made spelling corrections in short order, which further demonstrates the care going into this lesson. I definitely recommend the course for anyone looking to get a firm handle on how to best seek out and pursue a gaming job/career.

So much great information in here! My 2 favorite things about this course. 1) Plenty of actionable steps to get you moving towards your goals. 2) LinkedIn! Rick supplies great advice for improving your LinkedIn profile and connecting with people. BONUS) Artifacts! This is a great approach for impressing potential employers! The only thing I would have liked to see is perhaps "LinkedIn before and afters." Rick shows examples of some weaker profiles and it would have been great to see what that same profile would look like with his advice applied.