How to Get a Game Development Job - My Best Tips For Beginners & Experts

[@rashidfarhan6223]

I'm from a third world country and there are very few scopes to work with Unity do you have any tips or recommendations for me?

[@Unity3dCollege]

I assume it varies drastically from country to country, but I've heard stories from friends about quite a few unconventional uses for Unity where it was the display or interaction system for a variety of non-game related stuff. In at least a few countries there are government projects with Unity for the interaction system as well, but again it's hard to say w/o any local experience there. If anyone in comments has advice too though I'd love to hear it and learn more myself..

[@rashidfarhan6223]

@@Unity3dCollege Thank you, Jason, for the pin.

[@simeonvasilev4074]

Same here bro, it's bearly a few open positions with Unity in my country, however, don't give up if that makes you happy. I am currently working as a DB developer at a full-time job because I can't find anything good with Unity so far, but I am working on my own projects in my spare time. Also trying to help people with freelance projects(with Unity projects) and sometimes I am actually finding some, so there is a hope and a way :), just keep going at some point you will find something :)

[@abdurrehmankhan1699]

I dont know from where are you but i am from pakistan and i am a inde developer currently work in unity. I also thought there is no jobs for a unity developer but i was wrong because I check rozee.pk where you can find alot of unity jobs there. so my recommendations make sure you first check all local jobs portal websites so you will also learn what your local game studios want from you as a unity developer. Good Luck

[@rashidfarhan6223]

@@abdurrehmankhan1699 greetings bhai. I'm from Bangladesh. Yeah I did check my local job portals and applied for a few of them. And problem is the listings say it requires 1-2 years worth working experience. That's a bit of a problem since the opportunity is so rare. But thank you for your insights I appreciate them a lot.

[@svetlinsvilenov8739]

Here usually if you're not applying to Ubisoft, your application will go through at least a few people from the team that has that open position you're applying for. So I usually take the advice that a Udemy instructor gave in their course - take 1-2 weeks to make an "artifact" that's at least close to mechanics to what you see the company produces, i.e. if they are known for a lot of idle clicker games - make a small but polished idle clicker project. Then send that project with the application

[@malprimitvs577]

Are you by any chance referring to the "How to get a job in the game industry" course by GameDev.tv? I'm thinking of purchasing the course.

[@svetlinsvilenov8739]

@@malprimitvs577 Yes, that's the course :)

[@poloshirt855]

@@svetlinsvilenov8739 #

[@nathansamuelson]

In college right now. Stuff to think about. Saving this video for later.

[@zeroone8548]

this is really cool . I just entered into the game dev . and these kind of videos and information really helped me get going and do things . I kind of feel like it's nice, simple and straight forward these days to find these informations and help , than old days. This channel is awesome and u also. I appreciate it . Thank you.

[@phobos2077_]

How did you managed to do it?

[@kpa-vo4pb]

i just want to test video games and nothing else .

[@JohnDoe-bo5yk]

I would love to go to work and just love my job you know, I love programming, I love seeing my code work on the screen. I don't need a tonne of money in life, just want to be happy

[@Hirosanman]

Thank you so much!! I’m trying to get started in the game development field and up until this year I’ve just made games for fun and for my friends. I made the decision to really dig into learning as much as I can and finally starting my dream job, but the thing I know almost nothing about is how to really stand out and get a job. This video answered all my questions AND even taught me things I didn’t even think about! I will absolutely be saving this and coming back to it to follow your advice as I advance towards breaking into the industry! Again, thank you SO MUCH! Great video!

[@ouroboricform]

I can totally agree about going to work as a programmer and just being there for the check. I sit at my desk doing just what I need to do while watching and scraping C# stuff for Unity.

[@lion-byte]

I've been struggling to stay interested in my current job. I still love software development, but I'm not really invested in our products anymore. I enjoyed the creativity when I explored web development, but it's not been enough for me. I've watched plenty of game development videos for a long while, and this year I've decided to try my hand in Unity again. At least now that I have experience using C# it'll be a lot easier for me this time around.

[@shibuyajin_music]

6:07 this is exactly what I need to hear. Currently as a full stack dev job, thing get boring very quickly out here

[@OriginalPhil]

Image not being able to sleep because you're actually excited to get to work. That would be so awesome. On the flip side, I usually can't sleep because I have no other choice BUT to go to work haha.

[@JackJarvis321]

I'm so glad I've been going to Eurogamer every year since I was 14, I'm 19 now and doing a uni degree in games programming, talking to developers then has for sure helped me out so much 🙂

[@coffeefordinner]

I'm doing a game design degree with a side focus on programming and discovering your channel has been really motivating to me. It's positive and helpful but also realistic with concise advice on how to get better. Thank you!

[@lionamax]

I feel like this is very helpful advice not only for applying for Game Dev jobs, but for any job on a specific field :)

[@hoo1320]

I really have to write down what you said because it's a very variable information to a beginner as myself 🤩 Thank you Jason ☺️

[@Jose-mc5dl]

11 games made, 4 published and i still get rejected every time, but im still going!

[@dakotapritt1047]

Dang, keep on going! The only guaranteed failure is to stop trying!

[@nowfelmostafa4456]

Where are yu from?

[@Jose-mc5dl]

@@nowfelmostafa4456 Colombia

[@Jose-mc5dl]

Little uptade, after more of 8 attemps, finally got a job!, It's not a race, it's marathon.

[@nowfelmostafa4456]

@@Jose-mc5dl dude that's awesome... Yu got any means of contacting yu if yu don't mind

[@nochillpenguin8039]

This is such a good video, everything is so clear.

[@maxsakamoto5827]

Thanks for uploading this video Jason, i will save this for later !

[@vikingghost117]

This video is perfect! I can tell just from the way you talk that you know what you're talking about. I just book marked like everything you talked about including the link and the course you have for sale there. Super excited for that! I'll have to put it on hold at the moment because I'm currently a month into my 4 month bootcamp at CodingDojo... as soon as that's done though... pretty sure that's my next stop. This is my passion and something I want to do the rest of my life no matter how rich I get.

[@tehr0x]

Would definitely be interested in more of the industry type stuff, great video.

[@palomarAI]

Thanks Jason, great group mentorship and huge content!

[@ekatbilisi918]

Thanks, I think these advices will help a lot for a beginner like me

[@drakesayshi3321]

I'm only 12, but this could be cool. Currently learning unity

[@riothedev7336]

am 13 have been making games in unity for a bit if ur parents have paypal u can check out brackeys discord server and get a job from aomeone there

[@SinusQuell_]

jason I love your videos they are super helpful, please keep doing them

[@rashedalm5445]

love you speech and i learn from you more than any one else thanks

[@SirRelith]

Wow, such great info. Thanks man! :) You rock. Also congrats on the weight loss, looking great man!

[@simeonvasilev4074]

man.. you are just awesome! Keep it up :)

[@theebulll]

"Oh, I worked in the mall once."😂😂

[@JohnSmith-dl7tb]

Thank you for the video helped me very much

[@maggallery6124]

Thanks for the Video, a lot of great stuff, better than lectures

[@fabiol9933]

Thanks for this video! I learned a lot!

[@deex3283]

Useful advices, thanks a lot!

[@parthpandya008]

I also hate questions related to algorithms and Brain Teaser riddle , it totally depends on interviewer's mood...

[@Saeedoo]

very helpful. thanks.

[@johngrey5806]

Thanks again for another useful video.

[@DePistolero]

Thank's for sharing these things...

[@titkosaaron4067]

Thanks for making this video ;)

[@DavidZobristGames]

wow you look much healthier than you looked couple of months ago. Good job

[@indrajuanno]

I'm in a country where the job vacancy mostly stated a maximum age of 25 years old with work experience of 15 years

[@4evernoobys856]

Nice work fam

[@aurelienlerochbermuda6600]

Nice video thank you

[@dukewendel]

A common mistake I've seen when hiring was applicants putting down all the tech/apps they ever heard about on their resumes. When I'm hiring an entry-level coder and I see C#, unity, Java, NoSQL, Mongo, MySQL, PHP, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, TypeScript, NodeJS, and another 10. I'm looking at it, seeing they graduated 10 minutes ago, and they had 1 job before as a junior web dev for 4 months... That CV is going to the top of the NO pile.

[@alec_almartson]

Thank you!

[@y01cu_yt]

Thanks!

[@fleon1922]

I'm from Brazil and here there really aren't any big game companies, so i'd like to know how I could get a job in game development outside of my country, do you have any tips or recommendations for me?

[@meursault2753]

thanks for the video :)

[@rickster5224]

Looking good man i like how the beard is

[@raghulponnusamy9034]

Hi jason can you make tutorial on game math concepts cuz its hard to undertsnd?

[@raghulponnusamy9034]

@Bloodthirst Thanks for the saw many math related tutorials cant connect with the unity3d default functions for math.

[@Andressj]

What do you think about making a reel? and sending it linked to the cv

[@mirage7837]

thank you so much

[@anonymoussloth6687]

Do u have the links to the various sites u mentioned?

[@dawidzyrek6481]

Soo about that portfolio and presenting stuff, should I really put there games like flappy bird etc? And should I put some projects that are not complete if they have some complete "systems" in it? (e.g. I have a game that has some RTS building system, another that has complete inventory system with UI on MVC etc, another that has pretty complex AI) should I put those in? Don't know if I should put it there, but if not, then I pretty much have nothing to show...

[@Unity3dCollege]

Definitely put the best stuff you've done there. If it's simple projects or systems in partial games, put them up and explain what they are and why they exist. Often just showing that you can do something, finish it, and put it online is a big boost

[@thewolfman4453]

@@Unity3dCollege That's the great advice. Currently I'm working on my mobile MMORPG game. I have been working on it for 8 months already. When I finish the game, I'll put it on my portfolio and I'll create the game site. That stuff will give me some bonuses for hiring, I guess.

[@veve9409]

Hellom great material! Which groups do you use to learn, find other beginners GameDevs etc?

[@paulweigand6605]

Awesome info. I will definitely be using it. Thanks

[@TheBugB]

Thank you jason

[@AVSbeats]

I’m on my computer science senior year so am looking for an opportunity in this field

[@joque4]

Thanks for the information! Please, can you tell me the name of your DIscord Server?

[@prakashyadav008]

what should projects should i build to put on my portfolio to get into game engine programming or game engine AI programming.

[@fanaticalplel1003]

I’m young any tips so I can get a little head start?

[@neolynxer]

Hi! What do you think about UniRx and UniTask? And will you do videos on it?

[@WizardReel]

Great video. If you use a website like Artstation, is the bio section good enough to be counted as a resume, or should you have a separate section/file on there?

[@phobos2077_]

Do you think it's realistic to start career in gamedev programming when you're already in your 30's, have years of experience in web programming, but 0 in gamedev (except hobby game projects)? I mean most gamedev teams are young. What percentage of companies will outright ignore a candidate because of his age?

[@GobiGameDev]

i don't think age is a problem

[@phobos2077_]

@@GobiGameDev It's funny. Just 2 weeks after I've made my comment, I got a job offer in the games industry. Wish me luck :)

[@Necromediancer]

@@phobos2077_ 2 years later, how's it going?

[@phobos2077_]

@@Necromediancer Pretty good. Still working at the same studio. I don't want to go back to web development.

[@dergell7212]

@@phobos2077_ This is exactly my situation right now. Working as web dev for the last decade and I'm still happy I got that job but it's just not what I want to keep doing. I decided to get into Unreal now so I can start working on some portfolio. May I ask how you managed to get that job offer while having no experience in game dev specifically?

[@BirdieDev]

You mention meetups so much and unfortunately the last two years have nuked all meetups from orbit. 😭 I've finally got some experience under my belt, trying to find a new job, and my only option is to cold apply online everywhere. I haven't been able to network whatsoever, it's really frustrating.

[@eddieandersson5570]

Hey again Jason where do I find these user groups? I'm writing this before I have finished the video, so if you've answered that question in it, just ignore this. I'm extremely outgoing and very active on social media. I'm very interested in finding these groups.

[@darkgrouptw]

Hi, Jason. Thanks for your video and advise. I get a lot of idea from this video, and I have several questions from the video that is not been talked about. 1. I'm from Taiwan, and I don't think the game company is really good as aboard. So I send the resume from there website or LinkedIn, and I'm not sure how long they don't give response means you are unsuitable. Do u have any idea about this? 2. Is there any things that are forbidden to talk about or anythings that you can't do in game industry?

[@lazyox]

I been trying to get a job in this industry for the last year mostly to make living because I'm unemployed and lately I'm getting too frustrated and losing hope. in my country there only one game developing studio so been I sent my resume in the UK and Germany with no hope so far. in the end, I think I'll just work on my thing. Else I can't go further.

[@WellPlayedGamer]

Did you find a job ?

[@lazyox]

@@WellPlayedGamer i did an interview but they didn't choose me at the end. i actually worked on a game called (SMX Supermoto vs Motocross) which current goes really good.

[@lemetamax]

Hi Jason! Do you have tips about international game development jobs? I don't think there's any from where am from.

[@julianwagenaar5960]

do you need to be good at art to be a game dev

[@streaper1]

What about developers from outside of US? I make games for almost 9 years and had absolutely 0 response from every US company i applied.

[@phatpingu]

Sooo.. whats the link to your discord? 🙂

[@varadkurhe5511]

Unity?

[@arusamydhanush1005]

Best value game dev course plz reply

[@ianlulu]

I wish I did more...

[@iamDRW]

Dang, jason, have you been working out?? Thanks for the video. And good timing on this video since I am looking for tips and stuff. Also for people who want to do jams, I normally look on here: itch.io/jams

[@kpa-vo4pb]

me i just want to test video games not design them have a lot of ideas for the games.? but i don't have enough experience to call myself a video game tester when i am not one.?

[@amitblazer3460]

Hey Jason i'm a freelance Unity developer from Israel and I have a decent experience. i'v finished a lot of payed projects and now i'm looking for a permanent position. is it okay if I send you my resume and you will give me your opinion on it? Thanks :]

[@bunnyr4690]

Step one: make connections Step two: get hired

[@poloshirt855]

We are hiring across all disciplines Production (Associate Producers) Product (Product Managers) Engineering (SRE, Software Engineers, Staff Engineer) Marketing (Product Marketing, Community, Brand, Social Media) Creative (Creative Direction, Technical Artist) Design (Economy Design)

[@keetheswe5784]

Links?

[@poloshirt855]

@@keetheswe5784 how can I contact you

[@poloshirt855]

@@keetheswe5784 i can't post the link in here

[@keetheswe5784]

@@poloshirt855 Do you have Discord? from there I can send my email address

[@poloshirt855]

@@keetheswe5784 paul0205 the descriminator is 7066

[@mohammadsadeghlavaie5560]

If you're from one of the countries sanctioned by u.s, do people still trust and hire you? Still getting the money is a big issue, but assuming it's solved, would they hire people like me? Does it matter where you're from?

[@Thekappa]

i am 43 years old and still playing video games but i just really want to test video games not design them .? no zero experience just don't know to get experience when i don't have experience in video game testing .? online classes for a beginner.

[@OishiiBoba]

The "crappy" resume is pretty much exactly what my resume is. Oh no. I DO have a portfolio with a game i've created though.

[@trgamer3193]

Wow you lose weights i like your new style

[@ZoidbergForPresident]

What about switching to videogame development (from IT or otherwise :P).

[@tehyosh]

study in your own time, create a few small but polished projects (don't be afraid to clone existing games, as long as you don't sell them) and use that portfolio to apply to companies. or look on job boards and check the skill requirements for openings, and work backwards from there

[@hamzajibril8490]

Sir jason I'm an African who wants to work in video games industry. Will i be accepted? Thanks

[@soobakssi3218]

It's extremely easy! To screw up ;-;

[@laniakeadev.2271]

There's 10 games in my resume, and I'm just getting denied all the time.

[@packan2640]

Hi, this is random as hell, but do you have a Twitter or Discord? I would like to DM you :)

[@tims7686]

@@packan2640 hi, how its going

[@Gundalian]

If you are a Junior, NEVER make your resume longer than one page. It's unrealistic to think that as a Junior you have 2 pages worth of relevant experience for a job like say a principle security engineer at Uber would. Highly important to keep it as easy to go through as possible :)

[@Scottx125Productions]

It's good what you're saying. But there's having a passion and employers taking the micky. You can be passionate about your job in game development and still want a healthy work-life balance. OF course they're going to want to hire people who have no private life and will endlessly slave away on a project because they're passionate about it. That's why I'm grateful I'm in a country where doing that is illegal.

[@AbelRodriguez-er5ht]

100% agree. I've been interested in game development since I was like 14, the art stuff, programming, game design. Eventually a company hired me and because I was so passionate about all these things, I started working long hours for them until I burnt out. For a while I found it very hard concentrate and doing valuable work, even with personal projects. I started thinking this "passion" thing was bullshit that served no one but employers, and in a way it is, but recently I started to understand that it is fine to be passionate, especially when you can create so many beautiful things with a medium like video games. We just have to learn to balance and separate our life and our jobs, and it's hard.

[@billmolloy2264]

So that's what the room looks like...interdasting, very very interdasting

[@TacoBear_Studios]

Yeah they don't want to help you they want you to help them!

[@thewolfman4453]

I wanna get job in game development. Can you give me one ?!! 😂

[@Unity3dCollege]

i might know ppl who can.. :)

[@thewolfman4453]

@@Unity3dCollege That sounds cool. Can we talk about it?

[@thewolfman4453]

@@Unity3dCollege looks like we can't talk about it 😂

[@Unity3dCollege]

I don't see why not, shoot me an email :)

[@zeroone8548]

@@thewolfman4453 Well brother . I am pretty sure shoot email means not share ur Email here but send and email to him lol

[@dannykay4649]

Dang you've lost a lot of weight! Keep it up!

[@astranger934]

Did you lose weight? Looking good!

[@mrmiyagi6940]

Many of those people bring nothing to the table. I just Don't see how communicating with same type off people are going to help them 😕

[@Unity3dCollege]

What do you mean? (It's been a long time since I recorded it, and it's late night at gdc, so I've lost the context)

[@Gundalian]

Also, in terms of resume formatting, the Tech Lead has a really good discussion video about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHSymImHbcZksNU

[@feidry]

Oh, user groups. Okay. *goes to search for nearby user groups* 3 hours away.... welp. Guess I need to rethink the whole "getting a job in gamedev" thing.

[@TonsOfHunStudios]

Use Discord! There are a lot of great groups out there!

[@feidry]

@@TonsOfHunStudios Oh yeah, I am. Though I've gotten more replies from Reddit.

[@TonsOfHunStudios]

@@feidry Sweet!

[@AFStudiosMedia]

Are you hiring? Lol

[@RobertJWH]

wow no beard!

[@koferperk]

I am not sure if i should take advice from the guy who got laid off a few weeks after making this video.