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$60,000 - $145,000
LEAD QUALITY ASSURANCE: I Didn't Know You Could Have So Much Fun At A Job
About this video
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
Projected Job Growth
20 to 40 percent
Typical schedule
Full-time, Long hours, Flexible, Irregular
Typical workplace
Office, Indoor, Home
Personal Qualities
Detail oriented, Patience, Problem solving skills, Creativity, Teamwork, Artistic, Technical skills, Mathematical skillsEducational Path
Education Requirement
Bachelor's degree
Recommended Education Degree
Bachelor's degree
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Apportable. ?]</span> <span m='2400'>I</span> <span m='2520'>normally</span> <span m='4320'>read</span> <span m='4490'>a</span> <span m='4540'>lot</span> <span m='4680'>of</span> <span m='4760'>emails,</span> <span m='5820'>and</span> <span m='6260'>I</span> <span m='6960'>listen</span> <span m='7250'>to</span> <span m='7310'>the</span> <span m='7410'>customers</span> <span m='7900'>and</span> <span m='8000'>figure</span> <span m='8320'>out</span> <span m='8490'>what</span> <span m='8650'>issues</span> <span m='8960'>they're</span> <span m='9110'>having</span> <span m='9430'>with</span> <span m='9590'>the</span> <span m='9660'>games</span> <span m='10020'>that</span> <span m='10150'>we</span> <span m='10260'>compile.</span> <span m='11150'>And</span> <span m='11650'>I</span> <span m='11800'>get</span> <span m='12300'>into</span> <span m='12530'>our</span> <span m='12660'>device</span> <span m='12970'>cabinet,</span> <span m='13400'>which</span> <span m='13830'>is</span> <span m='13840'>about</span> <span m='14470'>200</span> <span m='14960'>android</span> <span m='15360'>devices,</span> <span m='16000'>and</span> <span m='16140'>I</span> <span m='16190'>try</span> <span m='16379'>to</span> <span m='16480'>reproduce</span> <span m='16660'>the</span> <span m='16960'>issues</span> <span m='17580'>and</span> <span m='18390'>relay</span> <span m='18830'>to the</span> <span m='19010'>engineers</span> <span m='19540'>the</span> <span m='19750'>issue</span> <span m='20170'>that</span> <span m='20480'>arise</span> <span m='20870'>that</span> <span m='21280'>I can</span> <span m='21690'>duplicate.</span> </p><p><span m='22920'>Actually,</span> <span m='23530'>I</span> <span m='24480'>went</span> <span m='24700'>to</span> <span m='24800'>school</span> <span m='25220'>in</span> <span m='25640'>Southern</span> <span m='25910'>California,</span> <span m='26570'>but</span> <span m='26700'>I</span> <span m='26780'>knew</span> <span m='26940'>I</span> <span m='26990'>wanted</span> <span m='27310'>a</span> <span m='27390'>change.</span> <span m='27750'>So</span> <span m='28030'>I</span> <span m='28200'>went</span> <span m='28430'>to</span> <span m='28510'>UC</span> <span m='28820'>Berkeley</span> <span m='29360'>for</span> <span m='29560'>my</span> <span m='29710'>undergraduate</span> <span m='30300'>degree,</span> <span m='30630'>where</span> <span m='30960'>I</span> <span m='31080'>studied</span> <span m='31460'>biology.</span> <span m='32390'>But</span> <span m='32520'>I</span> <span m='32540'>always</span> <span m='32800'>had</span> <span m='32950'>a</span> <span m='32990'>passion</span> <span m='33370'>for</span> <span m='33510'>computers,</span> <span m='34110'>and</span> <span m='34630'>that</span> <span m='34830'>led</span> <span m='35000'>me</span> <span m='35150'>to</span> <span m='35300'>the</span> <span m='35400'>amazing</span> <span m='35460'>tech</span> <span m='35740'>startup</span> <span m='36110'>world</span> <span m='36455'>of</span> <span m='36800'>San Francisco.</span> </p><p><span m='37790'>I</span> <span m='38010'>didn't</span> <span m='38160'>know</span> <span m='38290'>you</span> <span m='38510'>could have so</span> <span m='38640'>much</span> <span m='38860'>fun</span> <span m='39060'>at a</span> <span m='39200'>job.</span> <span m='40010'>I</span> <span m='40170'>didn't</span> <span m='40550'>think</span> <span m='40800'>that</span> <span m='41420'>I</span> <span m='41620'>could</span> <span m='42010'>play</span> <span m='42260'>games</span> <span m='42780'>and</span> <span m='43410'>build</span> <span m='43940'>a</span> <span m='43990'>better</span> <span m='44280'>experience</span> <span m='44870'>for</span> <span m='45000'>such</span> <span m='45230'>a</span> <span m='45290'>wide</span> <span m='45580'>range</span> <span m='45890'>of</span> <span m='45940'>people.</span> <span m='46280'>I</span> <span m='46620'>always</span> <span m='46900'>wanted</span> <span m='47090'>to</span> <span m='47130'>help</span> <span m='47370'>people,</span> <span m='47710'>which</span> <span m='48050'>is</span> <span m='48200'>why</span> <span m='48320'>I studied</span> <span m='48750'>Biology.</span> <span m='49270'>I</span> <span m='49320'>never</span> <span m='49580'>thought</span> <span m='49840'>I</span> <span m='49930'>could</span> <span m='50460'>help</span> <span m='50650'>people</span> <span m='50950'>the way</span> <span m='51220'>I</span> <span m='51880'>do</span> <span m='52090'>now</span> <span m='52750'>using</span> <span m='53050'>my</span> <span m='53210'>computer</span> <span m='53770'>and</span> <span m='53860'>bringing</span> <span m='54220'>them</span> <span m='54740'>more</span> <span m='55040'>fun,</span> <span m='55620'>better</span> <span m='55940'>games,</span> <span m='56350'>helping</span> <span m='56520'>them</span> <span m='56750'>relax</span> <span m='57210'>and</span> <span m='57560'>kick back</span> <span m='57810'>after</span> <span m='58020'>a</span> <span m='58290'>hard day's</span> <span m='58600'>work.</span> </p><p><span m='59332'>If</span> <span m='59700'>you</span> <span m='59860'>love</span> <span m='60070'>computers</span> <span m='60900'>and</span> <span m='61380'>you</span> <span m='61670'>love</span> <span m='62060'>the</span> <span m='62140'>feel</span> <span m='62460'>of the keys</span> <span m='62890'>underneath</span> <span m='63050'>your</span> <span m='63390'>hands,</span> <span m='63720'>follow</span> <span m='64150'>that</span> <span m='64379'>passion,</span> <span m='64890'>because</span> <span m='65225'>it</span> <span m='65560'>can</span> <span m='65810'>take</span> <span m='66090'>you</span> <span m='66370'>to</span> <span m='66450'>such</span> <span m='66750'>great</span> <span m='67020'>places.</span> <span m='68090'>It</span> <span m='68580'>doesn't</span> <span m='68840'>have</span> <span m='69030'>to</span> <span m='69120'>be</span> <span m='69310'>all</span> <span m='69570'>writing</span> <span m='69960'>code</span> <span m='70360'>in</span> <span m='70530'>black</span> <span m='70860'>screens.</span> <span m='71770'>I</span> <span m='71910'>get</span> <span m='72050'>to</span> <span m='72120'>play</span> <span m='72300'>games</span> <span m='72630'>like</span> <span m='72850'>all</span> <span m='73030'>day,</span> <span m='73460'>and</span> <span m='73840'>it's</span> <span m='74020'>awesome.</span> <span m='75050'>And</span> <span m='75480'>don't</span> <span m='75710'>forget</span> <span m='76050'>that.</span> <span m='77000'>Life</span> <span m='77240'>is</span> <span m='77530'>going</span> <span m='77750'>to</span> <span m='77980'>be good</span> <span m='78480'>if you</span> <span m='78780'>follow your</span> <span m='79080'>passion.</span> </p>","file":{"id":305255,"video_id":"2786528922001","name":"1393-Steven-p-LeadQualityAssurance","duration":80109,"thumbnail_url":null}});
