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🔶🔹Have you heard of Kaizen Gaming - a major player in the gametech industry? Well, you will be hearing more and more as I recently joined them and in the next couple of months we are going to build a very powerful IT Hub in Sofia and move into a brand new office. BE, FE, QA, iOS, Android you name it, we have them all as open vacancies, so if someone is complaining there aren’t any interesting job opportunities in Sofia, send them over. And even though I'm not holding a Grammy in my hands, I just gotta give a big shoutout to all the awesome Kaizeners I crossed paths with during the interview and onboarding ride. Georgia Panomitrou Υannis Stathakis Agapi Evangelinaki Stanislav Yordanov Kalliopi Makrozonari - you all turned this adventure into one heck of a ride. Big thanks! 🙏 Meanwhile, if you want to share feedback about my poor video editing skills or just to explore our vacancies, see the comment section below. ⬇️ #Kaizengaming #newjobopportunities #backendengineer #frontendengineer #iosengineer #androidengineer #softwareengineerintest

Ever wondered what the soundtrack of our tech team’s day would be? From an intern’s struggle to the project manager’s hustle, every role has its own jam! What track would you choose to define your role? Share your anthem in the comments below! #developeranthems #TechTunes #TeamVibes #TechLife #WorkPlaylist #developer #coder #TeamSpirit #TechCulture #WorkMusic #developercommunity

Awful news yesterday with VRChat Inc. announcing ~ 30% of staff being laid off. The company described the layoffs as a "proactive step towards securing the future success of our business, community, and mission. [...] Our founders made this difficult choice to support VRChat's future, and we are so deeply sorry for the impact this decision will have on our team." (source: https://lnkd.in/evQw6-jm) To those impacted by these layoffs, please find a comprehensive list of resources, below: 🥇First, as you are on Montreal, please reach out to us at People Can Fly Studio, we have many roles open right now in Montreal and Canada, please check them out here: https://lnkd.in/eWpV5PbA 🥈Next, Discipline Games Jobs Resources: Over the past weeks I have created 9 (at time of writing) Games Jobs Resources to find jobs in a wide range of disciplines: 🎨 Art, Animation, VFX and UI This resource contains around 1,350 jobs worldwide across all links. Link: https://lnkd.in/eXgEEUAA ⚙ Engineering and Programming This resource lists just over 2,100 jobs worldwide across all links. Link: https://lnkd.in/eAufG7q4 🕹 Quality Assurance This resource lists over 400 QA jobs worldwide. Link: https://lnkd.in/e6YwwJeS 📑 Game Production This resource lists around 380 jobs worldwide. Link: https://lnkd.in/eE8QgeDq 📢 Marketing & Community This resource lists around 360 jobs worldwide. Link: https://lnkd.in/eW3AZmxd 🎶 Audio and Sound Design This resource lists around 180 jobs worldwide. Link: https://lnkd.in/ehGFXaiH 📠 Studio Support, HR, Recruitment and BizDev This resource lists around 370 jobs worldwide. Link: https://lnkd.in/eDHbZx2w ⚙ IT This resource lists around 100 jobs worldwide. Link: https://lnkd.in/eRYpAtQQ 🎮 Game Design This resource lists around 640 jobs worldwide. Link: https://lnkd.in/ekNSq_Wj 🥉 Third, the Ultimate list of Video Games Career Resources: This should be your one-stop shop for all information. My dear friend Amir Satvat maintains these documents, he is a legend for doing this - please check them out: https://amirsatvat.com/ 🎖 Finally, do not give up. Ever. No matter how dark things may look right now, I KNOW you will get through this, you have got this! 👊 Remember you are not alone. If you need help, advice, or even an ear to listen, we're here for you. Always! ➡ A request to my community, please can I ask you to repost this post to your colleagues and friends, so that we can get as many into jobs as possible! And please comment if you or your studio are currently hiring - let's help each other! Much love ❤️ #layoffs #gamesindustry #jobsingames #vrchat

You know how sometimes the thing you're meant to do just finds you? That's my story which still feels "UNREAL." Growing up, I was that #techenthusiast who loved any #newtech but was really drawn to mobile #tech. I'd spend hours - probably too many hours - learning about how phones really worked. From microchip manufacturing to custom ROM development, it was all amazing to me. I always wanted to build a custom ROM. 🤳 This #lovefortech made me become an Android developer. Got a great remote job at a startup right after college, building apps, writing code - living the #developerlife. I loved the technical work, but I wanted to make something more... something that would wow people. I wanted to create tech that would make people feel something special. Then one day, I saw this Audi video that changed everything. They showed what they thought their future cars would be like. It had this amazing fluid integration of the digital and physical world - where tech felt natural and smooth to use. 🤔 Right then, I knew this was what I wanted to build. The power of #MixedReality showed me a new way to bring together the real and digital worlds. Here was tech that could do amazing things while feeling like magic. So I took a chance. Signed up for a 6-month #UnrealEngine course. I wanted to learn everything about making these new kinds of #experiences. While most companies were looking for #Unitydevelopers, I stayed focused on learning Unreal Engine - I just knew it was the right path for me. 💁♂️ Then I found IIC. Looking at their work in AR/VR, everything made sense. They were doing the kind of #innovativetechprojects I dreamed about. I joined the team and now I'm building the kind of experiences that made me love tech in the first place. Every day brings new #techchallenges, and that's what makes it fun. Sometimes I think about that Audi video that started it all. It's amazing how one moment can open up a whole new path. 🤗 That kid who used to get excited about phone hardware? He's now helping build the future he used to dream about. 😌 ~ Humans of IIC, Akshat Sinha, Intern Interactive Developer #humansofiic

Here’s how you can get hired by a company like Zepto 🧑💻🫵🏻 Scroll through the carousel to discover all the interview questions for the SDE role if you need to crack a product-based company like Zepto 🙌🏻 Do you want to master DSA but don’t know where to start?🧑💻⬇️ Start learning DSA for FREE from here:  https://lnkd.in/dS4GxE9W 🔗👍🏻 P.S.- Follow CipherSchools for more free resources and expert tips 🔥 #zepto #zeptointerview #softwareengineering #softwareengineer #softwaredevelopment #softwaredeveloper #interviewquestions

🎉 Exciting News! 🎥 We're launching a new video series where team members from various departments share their unique journeys, offering insights into how they became the professionals they are today and key moments that shaped their careers. 🚀 We’re kicking things off with Betanyeli, one of our Frontend Developers in the Product & Tech Team! 💚 Curious about what childhood dream job she had before entering tech? Watch the video to find out! ⬇️ #sofatutorteam #workforacause #videoseries #sofatutorcareer

Succeeding in game dev means learning how to navigate your career.   There are simply to many of you out there, working in game dev, that feel lost and frustrated and that need to hear this.   Your game dev career is not just a dream to follow. You need to make sure your taking care of yourself when it comes to your finances, mental health, work location, work life balance, etc.   Not all game dev jobs are created equal.    There are those in the game dev space moving companies every 2 years or sooner, having under average pay, working crunch time, etc.    And there are those that stay at companies for years, being paid reasonable salaries, have a solid work life balance, work from the location they want, whether that be a specific city or remote work.   How can you make your career work for you and not against you?   Don’t lump all game dev jobs into the same category.    Interested in mobile dev? Make a plan to work at some mobile companies that meet your “career requirements” for what you want out of your career.   Don’t limit yourself to the dream scenario you have in your mind. Be willing to experience more than you can imagine.   Make game dev badass for you. Love your career and how it can make your life better, more that how much you love the dream of game dev.   Think bigger, think practically. And if you can, make your dreams come true, or as you learn, adjust them to be more realistic and then make them work for you. #gamesindustry #careercoaching #career #mindset

Are you someone who dreams of empowering millions through technology? Airblack is revolutionizing online skilling education, and we need visionary engineers to scale our impact. #hiring Two game-changing roles open: 👨💻 Senior Backend Engineer (3+ years of experience) 👉 Architect scalable solutions that will serve millions 👉 Build the backbone of a platform that turns aspirations into businesses 👉 Lead teams in creating robust, innovative systems 👨💻 Android Developer (2+ years experience) 👉 Craft intuitive, high-performance apps that fit in our users' pockets but expand their horizons 👉 Ship features that directly translate into women starting their own ventures 👉 Push the boundaries of what's possible in mobile learning Why Airblack? ✅ High-ownership roles in a rocket ship startup ✅ Your code will directly impact women's economic empowerment ✅ Be part of a revolution in education and entrepreneurship The next two years will be explosive – we're talking hypergrowth, massive impact, and the chance to look back and say, "I built that. I changed lives." Email us at dev@airblack.com with your resume and tell us about your most impactful product contribution. #techforgood #womenempowerment #productengineering #hiring Videt Jaiswal Suyash Agrawal

Well, that was unexpected. 😅 I learned last week that it doesn't necessarily matter how great the work is that you contribute to your company; if the product you are working on isn't essential to the company's bottom line, neither are you. I got cut (along with my team) last Thursday not because I made anything but stellar contributions, I was told, but because our product was the least immediately valuable to the company's goals. While it definitely hurt, I learned that even if you're a great software engineer, you're not immune against a startup's rapidly evolving funding challenges and priorities. I also learned that while I can give my 100% at a company, I should stop there in order to keep my life in balance. I am now looking at starting some of the many Flutter projects on my list of ideas, to keep myself 'fit' in terms of developing, but also to keep learning while on the hunt for a new role. Over the weekend I couldn't help but think over and over again, if I had taken that extra 10% and put it towards a side project like experimenting with the Flame gaming engine for flutter, or rewriting my Spotify track analysis visualizer, I'd be in a way better place right now, able to focus more just on job applications, instead of trying to ramp up and show my skills so I can even be considered for a role. I'm still hurting, because more than anything, I really believed in the purpose and product at OXOS--and maybe that's why I was giving that extra 10% towards it instead of my other development interests. But ultimately, I'm choosing to look at the silver linings. Just like when I was hit by that car in 2019, I'm doing my best to accept the unexpected and be happy to still have a chance at anything at all. So, if anyone is hiring or knows of someone hiring software devs, most especially for #flutterdeveloper roles, I'd be grateful for your outreach! #flutter #dartprogramming #fluttercommunity #layoffs2024 #softwaredevelopment #startuplessons

One thing I love about the swe career path is how straightforward it is. There are clear steps to land high paying jobs at top companies like Meta. As a converse example, I think becoming a movie producer would be pretty cool, but I have no idea what that career path looks like. But for software engineering, resources are readily available, and the requirements are fairly well documented. - Learn to code. (Most all universities have a CS program and you can also learn everything on YouTube.) - Work on side projects. (There are ton of examples on GitHub and tutorials on YouTube.) - LeetCode. (On YouTube there are walkthroughs for how to solve almost every LeetCode problem.) - Network. (There are tons of software engineers out there at a ton of cool companies. And many of them are junior engineers who just went through recruiting themselves and are happy to help.) To be clear, I’m not saying it’s an easy path, but I do think it is a relatively straightforward path. What am I missing? #swe #coding