Employment Survey - General What we asked about:  Employee Traits  Graduate Skills – Desirable and Critical  Languages – Programming and Markup  Tool Chains

Employment Survey - Overview About the Survey:  3 Weeks of Data  Anonymous (Google Forms)  16 Responses (4 Large, 10 Medium, 2 Small)  Communication, Team Work, and Critical Thinking were universally considered crucial

How essential are the following traits for employee performance? Moderately Important 1. Testing 2. Quality Assurance 3. UI Design 4. User Testing 4. Leadership 6. Game Design 7. Agile Scrum Not Very Relevant  Automated Testing

How essential are the following skills for new graduates? Essential  Gameplay programming Very Important  Tools programming Moderately Important 1. Systems & Databases 2. Graphics Programming Build Systems Embedded Programming 5. UI Development 6. User Testing Automated Testing Network Programming 9. Native Development Agile Scrum 11. Engine Development Sometimes Important 1. Artificial Intelligence Animation Programming 2. Audio Programming 3. Mobile Development 4. Web Programming Monetization Not a Primary Consideration  Free To Play

Which skills are most critical for new developers? Gameplay Programming81% Tools Development44% Network Programming44% Agile Scrum38% Native Development38% Databases31% Mobile Development25% Build Systems25% User Interface Dev.25% Web Development25% User Research25% Graphics Programming19% Animation Programming19% Artificial Intelligence13% Embedded Development13% Automated Testing13% Engine Development6% Audio Programming6% Monetization6%

What engine(s) and IDEs do you expect /want new employees to use for development? Visual Studio88% Unity75% Unreal50% XCode50% Eclipse25% Cocos2D(X)19% CryEngine13% App Game Kit6% Game Maker6%

Thanks to… Suzanne Freyjadis – Feedback & Opportunity Kate Edwards – Guidance & Exposure Aleshia Hayes – Layout / Drafting Edward Younskevicius – Editing me –