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My Career Research. Evan Bartusch Date 4-16-14 Hour 2 Class 21 st Century. Top 3 Careers. Game D esigner Computer Programmer Graphic Designer. Game Designer. My #1 career is to become a Game D esigner. Its career cluster was in I nformation Technology. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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My Career ResearchEvan BartuschDate 4-16-14Hour 2 Class 21st Century
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Top 3 Careers• Game Designer• Computer Programmer • Graphic Designer
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Game Designer
• My #1 career is to become a Game Designer. • Its career cluster was in Information Technology.• Below is a great example of how good graphics have become:
• 1992 2013
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Introduction• Video game designers can make anything from $40,000 to
$225,000 a year.
• College can take from 2-4 years depending on what company you want to work for.
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Career Cluster
Game Designer came out of the cluster Information Technology. If I wanted to be a game designer I had to ask myself the following questions:
Do I enjoy working with computers? Am I fascinated by technology? Am I a logical and mathematical learner?
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Nature of Work• The nature of work can change from the company you work
for but many companies have you work with a team of designers.
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Working Conditions• Working area: Normally an office or cubicle.• Average Work week: 25-50 hours a week.• Crunch time: about 2 weeks before a game is released
designers may have to work 50-65 hours a week to finish, test and play video games.
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Job Outlook/Employment• The job growth is expected to continue to grow.
• The job employment rate is estimated to rise from 10,000 jobs to 34,000 from now to 2020.
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Training, Qualifications, Advancement• The training you will need is Computer Science and Computer
Programming.• You will need a bachelors degree to get a job as a game
designer.• If you go from a C+ designer to a C++ you will have to relearn
everything differently and it will take months.
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Earnings• Most video game designers make about $40,000-$50,000 a
year.
• Experienced designers can make from $55,000-$75,000 a year.
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Salary Comparison• Game designers make about $40,000-$50,000 a year.
• Graphic designers make about $20,000-$40,000 a year.
• Computer programmers make about $40,000-$70,000 a year.
• The highest paying job is computer programmer, but I would still rather be a game designer.
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Backup Plan:• My backup plan would be to become a Computer
Programmer, because it is almost the same college and I would only have to go to school for one or two more years.
• Computer Programmers can make $20,000 more than game designers.
• My secondary backup plan would be to become a graphic designer but I would have to go through school again and I would make $40,000 less than a game designer.
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Summary• My top three careers have close pay ranges and have almost
the same college classes and same degrees.
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Citations• http://ohnblog.com/newohnblog/2013/03/13/its-crazy-how-far-the-graphics-in-games-have-come/• http://www.bbb.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/money.jpg• http://www.sociologyinfocus.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/iStock_000021059919Small.jpg• http://www.glogster.com/kylemoran1/information-technology/g-6mamjo3r99kpmfrure66vdh?old_view=True• http://tof.canardpc.com/view/6f2ff373-a4dd-4df0-b3d6-b1daabb46042.jpg• http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hMbOCAgk8a8/UaXpWcwdmlI/AAAAAAAAAH4/hsd9-faTRKA/s1600/work.jpg• http://media.zuza.com/9/7/974eb069-8502-45d6-996f-4485d395d1b7/WE_APR17_games_1_SH___Content.jpg• http://images.pcworld.com/news/graphics/209634-starcraft-2_original.jpg• http://www.computergamedesign.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/computer-game-design.jpg• http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic381555_md.jpg• http://
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