The Game Industry Through the Eyes of a Junior Developer - DGC Podcast #6

Puhujat / Speakers Haastattelija/Host: Wanda O Rly Asiantuntijat/Specialist: Miika Anundi (Veikkaus Oy) & Mika Karhulahti (Jamk University of Applied Sciences) Tekninen toteutus / Technical implementation Veerti Pekonniemi (Jamk University of Applied Sciences) Julkaisupaikka ja -aika / Place and time of publication Jamk University of Applied Sciences, 14.2.2025 Kustantaja ja tilaaja / Publisher and Client Game Production, Business Information Technology, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Jamk University of Applied Sciences Jakson tekstivastine / Alternative text https://www.jamk.fi/fi/media/42066 Episode Description: In this episode Expa's chairperson Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti) and Jamk's game production studies (BIT) Senior Lecturer Mika Karhulahti discuss together with Miika Anundi, Junior Developer at Veikkaus Game Studio. In the sixth episode of the DGC podcast we finally bring a junior developer's point of view to game industry employment and career building. The self-taught developer Miika Anundi, who is a teacher by education and an indie developer, game entrepreneur and project manager by previous experience explains how he has made his way to the game industry. With Wanda's lead Miika and Mika discuss Miika's skillbase and his daily work at Veikkaus and try to identify how these experiences match with readiness the Jamk games education program aims to give its students.