A framework to establish your career development

littleclaude

Hi all,

This looks interesting -- it was the basis of a very well received talk at GDC this year, it was put together by Joshua Howard, who used to run Microsoft's casual gaming studio (among other things).

The "THUD" is a freely available toolkit for managers and employees that provides a framework to establish clear expectations of career development.

It breaks down game industry jobs by hierarchy and area, including very comprehensive lists of the skills and other attributes expected at each level. Game art jobs info starts on p. 17.

http://thethud.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/thethud-v1-0.pdf

Regard, Neil

beefaroni

Wow super cool . I haven't read through it all but it's already answering a lot of questions I've had as someone who isn't in the industry yet.

Thanks for share.

ambershee

It's definitely very Microsoft. Other studios might be arranged a little differently, especially if they are on the smaller side.