Tools of employment in the game industry - DGC Podcast

Landing a job in the game industry is often much more than completing a formal degree and sending around CVs. For the most part of its entire existence, the game industry has lacked formal education, such as university degrees, that would prepare the work force directly to the needs of the industry. Instead finding one's way to games has always been more or less about pursuing individual passion and creating one's own path. Acknowledging this legacy, Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences (Jamk) and Expa Game Business Cooperative are working closely together to make networking and various work life lessons an integral part of the Jamk's international game oriented Business Information Technology education program. In this episode Expa's chairperson Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti) and Jamk's BIT practical training director Kalle Raijonkari discuss together with Mika Tammenkoski, the co-founder and CEO of Metacore - Finland's fastest growing game company, about game industry employment in the 2020s, the role of education and the importance of networking. Puhujat / Speakers Haastattelija/Host: Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti) Asiantuntijat/Specialist: Mika Tammenkoski (Metacore) and Kalle Raijonkari (Jamk University of Applied Sciences) Käsikirjoitus / Script Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti) and Hanna Hauvala (Jamk University of Applied Sciences) Tekninen toteutus / Technical implementation Veerti Pekonniemi and Jani Seppälä (Jamk University of Applied Sciences) Julkaisupaikka ja -aika / Place and time of publication Jamk University of Applied Sciences, 9.2.2024 Kustantaja ja tilaaja / Publisher and Client Game Production, Business Information Technology, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Jamk University of Applied Sciences Lataa jakson tekstivastine/download alternative text: https://www.jamk.fi/fi/media/40386