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LEAD QUALITY ASSURANCE: I Didn't Know You Could Have So Much Fun At A Job

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Steven plays video games for a living, that's his job working in quality assurance for a video game company. Steven enthusiastically describes what a typical day looks like and explains why he has to play video games. He also tells us how he went from looking for work as a biologist to working in the gaming industry and what he's learned since being in this line of work. He also provides advice for those wanting to get into this field.

Degree: Biology

Job Title: Lead Quality Assurance

Job Summary: Game Developer

Job Description

Game developer is an umbrella title for different roles in a development team that works together to create games. A game developer can be a game programmer, game architect, game designer, game artist, etc. They use computers to structure, design, test and publish games for different platforms.

On-the-Job Training

None

Quick Facts

Average salary

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$60,000 - $145,000

Projected Job Growth

20 to 40 percent

Typical schedule

Full-time, Flexible, Irregular, Long hours

Typical workplace

Home, Indoor, Office

Personal Qualities

Creativity, Problem solving skills, Teamwork, Technical skills, Artistic, Detail oriented, Patience, Mathematical skills

Educational Path

Education Requirement

Bachelor's degree

Recommended Education Degree

Bachelor's degree

Recommended Majors

Computer Science
Computer Programming
Mathematics
Audiovisual Communications
Graphic Communications
Liberal Arts
Visual Arts
Literature

Related Careers

Software engineer
graphic designer

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