The first speaker we had was Simon Wood, Technology Director, Holiday Xtras. This was a very influential speech as he spoke allot about the opportunities provided at the company and the learning opportunities which are provided. I was very interested as the role sounds very designed base and features allot of skills that I am using daily at University. I am also personally familiar with the company so this gave me further interest into following up the speech and aiming for this placement. Overall it was interesting and I feel I learnt more about what the company does and opportunities it provides.
The second guest speaker was Kieran Barton who was a Kent student on placement with Nintendo last year in Germany. It was a really interesting speech as he went into allot of detail into his work that he produced in the year and explained that he had to spend hours a day playing Animal crossing in order to get some of the footage he needed to implement his poster/ game designs for Nintendo. It was also interesting as he elaborated on his transition to moving to Germany and was enthusiastic towards us to make the choice to move abroad due to the new experience and chance to learn a new language. It really opened my eyes to what experience I could have by working abroad and has defiantly influenced me to look into game design as a placement.
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