Tips from Industry Veterans – Lucy Morris
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Uses Twitter since 2013 to land contracts, jobs and market-test work, claiming direct career growth beyond conferences; shows a Live2D prototype for a visual-novel about a beer in a school setting using Live2D tools; posts a viral clip that hits 4.7k likes 2.5k retweets as evidence of audience interest; runs a small studio and teaches game design and ethics; emphasizes volunteering, avoiding crunch and the TA anti-crunch initiative, and encourages risky, weird student projects.
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- 0:00Start
- 1:35TWITTER IS ONE OF THE BEST CIF NOT THE BEST TOOLS FOR GROWING YOUR CAREER
- 3:221. TWITTER IS ONE OF THE BEST (IF NOT THE BEST) TOOLS FOR GROWING YOUR CAREER
- 6:32TRY TO INNOVATE. DON'T REPLICATE (WHERE POSSIBLE)
- 7:24GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY & INDUSTRY
- 8:39BEWARE OF BURNOUT & LEARN TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF
- 9:14EVOKE EMOTION
- 9:44QUESTIONS??
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