P3.instances[0].transcript.parse_transcript_data({"transcript":"<p><span m='380'>My</span> <span m='550'>current</span> <span m='880'>job</span> <span m='1300'>is</span> <span m='1760'>a</span> <span m='1850'>market</span> <span m='2240'>analyst</span> <span m='2910'>at</span> <span m='3630'>a</span> <span m='3970'>third-party</span> <span m='4420'>research</span> <span m='4790'>company</span> <span m='5160'>in the video game</span> <span m='5450'>industry.</span> <span m='6210'>So</span> <span m='6610'>we</span> <span m='7160'>do</span> <span m='7350'>sales</span> <span m='7630'>forecasting,</span> <span m='9105'>we</span> <span m='9440'>do</span> <span m='10720'>quantitative</span> <span m='11100'>analysis</span> <span m='11600'>on</span> <span m='11680'>release</span> <span m='11930'>timing--</span> <span m='12480'>basically</span> <span m='12850'>companies</span> <span m='13200'>come</span> <span m='13360'>to</span> <span m='13430'>us</span> <span m='14050'>and</span> <span m='14450'>we</span> <span m='15530'>run</span> <span m='15940'>data</span> <span m='16410'>to</span> <span m='16540'>try</span> <span m='16750'>to</span> <span m='16830'>help</span> <span m='17090'>them</span> <span m='17270'>make</span> <span m='17480'>more</span> <span m='17650'>money</span> <span m='18380'>with</span> <span m='18550'>their</span> <span m='18680'>games.</span> </p><p><span m='19470'>My</span> <span m='19650'>typical</span> <span m='20080'>day</span> <span m='20620'>involves</span> <span m='21620'>getting</span> <span m='21920'>a</span> <span m='21970'>project</span> <span m='22990'>and</span> <span m='24010'>having</span> <span m='24280'>a</span> <span m='24320'>lot</span> <span m='24460'>of</span> <span m='24510'>meetings</span> <span m='24850'>to</span> <span m='24940'>figure</span> <span m='25190'>out</span> <span m='25790'>how</span> <span m='26170'>I</span> <span m='26240'>want</span> <span m='26420'>to</span> <span m='26460'>answer</span> <span m='26730'>the</span> <span m='26820'>question</span> <span m='27220'>that</span> <span m='27300'>the</span> <span m='27370'>company</span> <span m='27690'>has.</span> <span m='28550'>For</span> <span m='28900'>instance,</span> <span m='29190'>maybe</span> <span m='29460'>a</span> <span m='29520'>company</span> <span m='30290'>needs</span> <span m='30550'>to</span> <span m='30680'>know</span> <span m='31290'>how</span> <span m='31450'>many</span> <span m='31700'>units</span> <span m='32049'>of</span> <span m='32119'>a</span> <span m='32200'>game</span> <span m='32470'>they're</span> <span m='32570'>going</span> <span m='32790'>to</span> <span m='32850'>sell.</span> <span m='33720'>I</span> <span m='33880'>have</span> <span m='34100'>to</span> <span m='34670'>figure</span> <span m='34960'>out</span> <span m='35720'>how</span> <span m='36190'>I'm</span> <span m='36290'>going</span> <span m='36420'>to</span> <span m='36460'>analyze</span> <span m='36810'>that</span> <span m='36980'>project</span> <span m='37440'>and</span> <span m='37640'>then I</span> <span m='37660'>have</span> <span m='37750'>to</span> <span m='37850'>collect</span> <span m='38140'>the</span> <span m='38210'>data.</span> <span m='38510'>So</span> <span m='38690'>a</span> <span m='38750'>typical</span> <span m='39400'>day</span> <span m='39670'>is</span> <span m='40030'>spent</span> <span m='40350'>at</span> <span m='40570'>a</span> <span m='40610'>desk</span> <span m='41840'>using</span> <span m='42310'>computer</span> <span m='43340'>software</span> <span m='43880'>such</span> <span m='44100'>as</span> <span m='44250'>Excel</span> <span m='44950'>and</span> <span m='45170'>Word</span> <span m='45810'>to</span> <span m='46120'>write</span> <span m='46470'>the</span> <span m='46550'>projects</span> <span m='47110'>for</span> <span m='47250'>those</span> <span m='47460'>clients.</span> </p><p><span m='48210'>My</span> <span m='48310'>career</span> <span m='48540'>path</span> <span m='48800'>was</span> <span m='49130'>all</span> <span m='49440'>over</span> <span m='49590'>the</span> <span m='49690'>place.</span> <span m='50170'>I</span> <span m='50330'>started</span> <span m='50800'>out</span> <span m='51280'>as</span> <span m='51780'>a</span> <span m='52030'>clinical</span> <span m='52350'>psychologist.</span> <span m='53630'>I</span> <span m='53800'>did</span> <span m='53970'>that</span> <span m='54260'>for</span> <span m='55330'>about</span> <span m='55560'>half</span> <span m='55900'>of</span> <span m='56250'>my</span> <span m='56370'>way</span> <span m='56580'>through</span> <span m='56720'>a</span> <span m='56780'>Ph.D.</span> <span m='57190'>program--</span> <span m='57680'>thought</span> <span m='57870'>that</span> <span m='57990'>I</span> <span m='58030'>was</span> <span m='58170'>going</span> <span m='58340'>to</span> <span m='58390'>be</span> <span m='58470'>a</span> <span m='58540'>professor.</span> <span m='60330'>I</span> <span m='60600'>picked</span> <span m='60900'>up</span> <span m='61070'>all</span> <span m='61250'>the</span> <span m='61480'>data</span> <span m='61700'>analysis</span> <span m='62220'>skills</span> <span m='62600'>doing</span> <span m='62850'>that</span> <span m='63210'>and</span> <span m='63480'>then realized</span> <span m='63970'>that</span> <span m='64620'>I</span> <span m='64879'>wanted</span> <span m='65050'>to</span> <span m='65099'>be</span> <span m='65190'>in the</span> <span m='65269'>business</span> <span m='65590'>world,</span> <span m='66000'>not the academic</span> <span m='66350'>world.</span> <span m='66790'>So</span> <span m='66970'>I</span> <span m='67090'>left</span> <span m='67810'>academia</span> <span m='69210'>and</span> <span m='69390'>I</span> <span m='69440'>fell</span> <span m='69750'>into</span> <span m='69940'>the</span> <span m='70230'>business world</span> <span m='70730'>and</span> <span m='71050'>I</span> <span m='71160'>fell</span> <span m='71410'>into</span> <span m='71470'>the</span> <span m='71550'>video</span> <span m='71830'>game</span> <span m='72060'>world</span> <span m='72460'>just</span> <span m='72820'>as</span> <span m='73030'>happenstance.</span> <span m='73650'>I</span> <span m='73700'>needed</span> <span m='73940'>a</span> <span m='74010'>job,</span> <span m='74820'>I</span> <span m='75180'>knew</span> <span m='75370'>someone</span> <span m='75670'>who</span> <span m='76590'>was</span> <span m='76850'>at</span> <span m='77030'>Sony,</span> <span m='77660'>and</span> <span m='77820'>they</span> <span m='77920'>were</span> <span m='78120'>a</span> <span m='78200'>quality</span> <span m='78600'>assurance</span> <span m='79000'>game</span> <span m='79180'>tester,</span> <span m='79850'>and</span> <span m='79970'>they</span> <span m='80030'>got</span> <span m='80200'>me a</span> <span m='80290'>job</span> <span m='80550'>there.</span> <span m='81300'>That</span> <span m='81390'>job</span> <span m='81720'>only</span> <span m='81780'>lasted</span> <span m='82180'>for</span> <span m='82290'>about</span> <span m='82520'>four</span> <span m='82710'>months,</span> <span m='83230'>but</span> <span m='83510'>it</span> <span m='83600'>was</span> <span m='83770'>my</span> <span m='84370'>avenue</span> <span m='84770'>into</span> <span m='84930'>the</span> <span m='85000'>game</span> <span m='85210'>industry</span> <span m='85660'>and</span> <span m='85900'>I've</span> <span m='86100'>never</span> <span m='86330'>left.</span> </p><p><span m='86980'>Well,</span> <span m='87380'>it's</span> <span m='87620'>funny.</span> <span m='88010'>What</span> <span m='88240'>I</span> <span m='88280'>know</span> <span m='88590'>now about</span> <span m='88740'>this</span> <span m='88880'>industry</span> <span m='89310'>is</span> <span m='89590'>everything</span> <span m='90060'>about</span> <span m='90310'>that</span> <span m='90470'>business</span> <span m='90790'>side</span> <span m='90980'>of</span> <span m='91070'>it</span> <span m='91190'>that</span> <span m='91300'>I</span> <span m='91350'>didn't</span> <span m='91550'>know</span> <span m='91670'>before.</span> <span m='92800'>When</span> <span m='93100'>I</span> <span m='93150'>first</span> <span m='93460'>started,</span> <span m='94010'>I</span> <span m='94470'>had</span> <span m='94660'>been</span> <span m='94770'>a</span> <span m='94800'>gamer</span> <span m='95190'>back</span> <span m='95420'>in</span> <span m='95480'>the</span> <span m='95550'>day</span> <span m='96000'>when</span> <span m='96230'>I</span> <span m='96250'>was</span> <span m='96370'>younger,</span> <span m='97610'>but</span> <span m='97760'>I had</span> <span m='97850'>not</span> <span m='98040'>been</span> <span m='98150'>a</span> <span m='98180'>gamer</span> <span m='98440'>for</span> <span m='98600'>a</span> <span m='98650'>long</span> <span m='98870'>time.</span> <span m='99790'>So</span> <span m='99950'>I</span> <span m='100010'>got</span> <span m='100210'>my</span> <span m='100350'>first</span> <span m='100680'>quality</span> <span m='100970'>assurance</span> <span m='101370'>job</span> <span m='102160'>by</span> <span m='102970'>basically</span> <span m='104130'>asking</span> <span m='104440'>my</span> <span m='104560'>friends</span> <span m='104820'>what</span> <span m='104980'>some of the</span> <span m='105120'>popular</span> <span m='105460'>games</span> <span m='105780'>were,</span> <span m='106000'>and pretending</span> <span m='106340'>like</span> <span m='106510'>I</span> <span m='106560'>played</span> <span m='106840'>them</span> <span m='106990'>a</span> <span m='107040'>lot.</span> </p><p><span m='108090'>Since</span> <span m='108450'>then,</span> <span m='109170'>working</span> <span m='109560'>with</span> <span m='109670'>lots</span> <span m='109880'>of</span> <span m='109920'>different</span> <span m='110120'>companies</span> <span m='110470'>and lots of</span> <span m='110720'>different</span> <span m='110840'>projects,</span> <span m='112070'>I</span> <span m='112190'>have</span> <span m='112380'>learned</span> <span m='113010'>an</span> <span m='113190'>awful</span> <span m='113580'>lot</span> <span m='113890'>about</span> <span m='114340'>the</span> <span m='114490'>business</span> <span m='115070'>of</span> <span m='115240'>making</span> <span m='115600'>money</span> <span m='115850'>with</span> <span m='116040'>video</span> <span m='116290'>games.</span> <span m='117330'>Over</span> <span m='117440'>the</span> <span m='117500'>last</span> <span m='117760'>two</span> <span m='117910'>years</span> <span m='118720'>I've</span> <span m='118890'>really</span> <span m='119180'>specialized</span> <span m='119760'>in</span> <span m='119860'>mobile</span> <span m='120110'>games</span> <span m='120550'>and</span> <span m='121290'>free-to-play</span> <span m='121990'>mobile</span> <span m='123320'>games</span> <span m='123640'>on</span> <span m='123790'>iOS--</span> <span m='124760'>Apple</span> <span m='125330'>and</span> <span m='125900'>Android.</span> <span m='126620'>So</span> <span m='126860'>that's</span> <span m='127100'>been</span> <span m='127250'>a</span> <span m='127330'>whole</span> <span m='127560'>new</span> <span m='127680'>experience</span> <span m='128190'>and</span> <span m='128389'>then a</span> <span m='128479'>lot</span> <span m='128669'>more</span> <span m='128830'>learning.</span> <span m='129440'>It's</span> <span m='129710'>been</span> <span m='130430'>like</span> <span m='130990'>learning</span> <span m='131445'>the</span> <span m='131900'>industry</span> <span m='132530'>on</span> <span m='132610'>a</span> <span m='132660'>fire</span> <span m='132950'>hose</span> <span m='134010'>over</span> <span m='134210'>the</span> <span m='134270'>past</span> <span m='134580'>four</span> <span m='134770'>years.</span> <span m='135280'>Lots</span> <span m='135440'>and lots</span> <span m='135690'>and</span> <span m='135750'>lots</span> <span m='135960'>of</span> <span m='136060'>information</span> <span m='136320'>and</span> <span m='136580'>lots</span> <span m='136820'>and</span> <span m='136920'>lots</span> <span m='137070'>and</span> <span m='137170'>lots</span> <span m='137330'>of</span> <span m='137390'>business</span> <span m='138240'>knowledge.</span> </p>","file":{"id":380897,"video_id":"3397479528001","name":"2396-Patrick-MarketAnalystGamingIndustry ","duration":139483,"thumbnail_url":null}});