#2 Career Mashing!

With my sister having just graduated from high school and starting her first year of university, my parents (mom, especially) thought that it would be a good idea to start pressuring me to start thinking and decide what kind of future I wanted to pursue when I grew older. I always have trouble answering when people ask, "what do you want to be in the future?". Usually I stick to one of the typical 'Asian' answers, nurse, which is really only half-true. I am thinking of maybe taking a job in the medical field, but I'm terrified that I won't like it at all or be good at it and instead waste precious money learning how to become a nurse. When asked what are my hobbies and interests, I still cannot find much to say besides the typical "eating and sleeping" answer that many young people automatically reply with.

So of course, hearing about this CareerMash thing made me feel somewhat relieved. It meant being introduced to careers that I've never even heard of or considered before. Careers based in technology sounded interesting enough, seeing as I already spend 99% of my time playing video games/texting/using the computer/watching television and 1% spent on units. Out of the four categories listed, Leader, Innovator, Builder, and Problem-Solver, I felt like I fit the best in the Builder category. In that Builder category, I found that the 'Game Developer' sounded like a really neat job. 

I've been playing video games for most of my life, but I would not consider myself a hardcore gamer. Though at one point in my life, I've thought about working in the gaming field. Basically what a game developer does is develop the game and incorporate visions and ideas from the artists and designers into the game through program coding. You can also specialize in one field of game developing like 3D graphics, engines to run the game, the music, etc. To become a game developer, you will need to have strong coding and programming skills and some programs offered in universities. You might also want to get bachelor degrees in science or computer science, or enroll in development and design programs offered at some colleges like George Brown.

One person who works as a game developer is a woman named Jade Raymond. Jade is 36 years old and was born in Montreal Canada. Jade has helped program and develop many projects like Jeopardy and Trivial Pursuit. She is currently working as a Managing Director for Ubisoft Toronto, a city where she also lives with her family. Jade has helped Sony Online Entertainment, Electronic Arts, There Inc and Ubisoft.

One demonstration of the many jobs and careers introduced at Career Mash.