[game_edu] Game studies and the economy

[Seth Sivak]

While it is true that several studios have an agreement with the school
there are many that do not and still take students (I actually think only EA
has an agreement with the school currently).  I didnt want students or
teachers to think that these positions are not available, but they can be
difficult to find.  There are many students that end up going to small
casual and/or online companies because they can often get a large amount of
work out of a summer intern.  I would say probably less than 1/3 the
students end up working on a large scale console title, but instead work for
a group like Pogo or a company like Zynga.

Seth

2009/4/2 S. Gold <goldfile at gmail.com>


>  On 02/04/09 9:51 AM, "Seth Sivak" <sjsivak at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> Also, most of the first year students have managed to get summer

> intenships, so they do exist.  A large number of students are going to EA,

> Activision and 2K.  I know of at least one going to LucasArts and a bunch

> going to other smaller studios.

>

>

> But this is something that your particular Grad Program has in place with

> those studios. Every year your program has a commitment from those studios

> to take an allotted number of students. A majority of schools do not have

> agreements with studios to take interns.

>

> I am working on a solution to the lack of internship opportunities and

> accessibility to the information – however the solution will not be in place

> to help most students looking for summer internships 2009. I should be

> making an announcement in the next two weeks once we have all of the details

> in place and it is ready to go live. My goal is to have something that works

> globally not just in North America.

>

> Stay tuned,

>

> Susan

>

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> Susan Gold

> sgold at btrout.com

>

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> Oscar Wilde

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