Christopher Pavlovski GDC 2016

Post date: Mar 21, 2016 6:46:14 PM

Wednesday

On Wednesday I went on a meeting people spree. I spent a lot of time at the Ringling booth which was a good idea because I met several interesting people there. Firstly, I met this dude from Blizzard who had seen my portfolio before. We talked for a while and traded business cards and such, it seemed pretty promising and he seemed to think I could get a job there. I also met this guy Mason I knew from Twitter who is developing an independent game that I've been following progress on for a long time. I got the chance to see a lot of in development things and process that was very interesting. I learned about the projected schedule as well as some of the pros and cons of working independently on a small game. I also got a sweet 3D model of my face at the intel booth. I went to the awards which was a lot of fun, and lastly I stopped by at the alumni meetup for an hour or so and chatted with some cool people.

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Thursday

On Thursday I spoke to a woman from China who talked about an opportunity to work in China for an outsourcing company. We talked about working in China and also a lot about her company and what they do. I was asked to hand her card out to certain people which I did. I also got to meet Pen Ward who created Adventure Time and I got a sweet drawing from him. I played a lot of the indie games that won awards the previous day and I got to meet a few of them which was pretty rad. I also talked to Robin from Riot Games who was a recruiter there. We talked for an hour or so and he was pretty rad. I got a lot of info about Riot and how to get a job there later. We also exchanged cards and stuff.

Friday

On Friday I met up with Jason Keyser, the dude from Riot Games who mentored me for a whole year. I stopped by at the Popcorn VFX booth and got to listen to a big talk about that. I also met with a dude named Su from Pocket Gems and he offered me a job there. I am probably going to be contacted by the director in the next few days but I will probably have to turn down the offer considering the pay would not be enough for me to survive in San Fran while paying loans. I also sent out and replied to a bunch of emails and added a ton of people on linkedin which was extremely rewarding even now.