Entertainment Technology Center, CMU Post-Graduation Survey Results, Dec 2017, and May 2018
N = 76 Employed/Home Country = 71 (94%) Seeking or Taking Time Off = 3 (4%) Withdrew From the ETC = 1 (1%) Unreported = 1 (1%) Continuing Education = 0
EMPLOYERS AND LOCATION
Company Name Role City State/Country 343 Industries Gameplay Designer Redmond WA Amazon Software Development Engineer Seattle WA American Gaming System Associate Game Producer Atlanta GA Apple Software Engineer Cupertino CA Apple Software Developer Sunnyvale CA Ascent Robotics Technical 3D Artist Tokyo Japan Big Huge Games Quality Assurance Baltimore MD Big Huge Games Associate Software Engineer Baltimore MD Blizzard Entertainment Technical Artist Irvine CA Blue Sky Studios Camera & Staging TA Greenwich CT Blue Sky Studios Production Engineer Greenwich CT Cloudera Software Engineer Palo Alto CA Decision Games Graphic Design Bakersfield CA Deep Motion Technical Director Intern Redwood City CA Digital McKinsey Senior Experience Designer New York NY DJI Unity Engineer Shenzhen China EA DICE Multiplayer Level Designer Los Angeles CA Electronic Arts Development Manager Austin TX Electronic Arts (Vancouver) Associate Technical Artist Vancouver Canada Exabeam, Inc. Product Designer San Mateo CA Facebook Software Engineer Menlo Park CA Facebook Software Engineer Menlo Park CA Fidelity Investments (FCAT) Software Engineer (VR/AR/AI) Brookline MA Glints Technical Lead Singapore Singapore Google Technical Solutions Consultant Mountain View CA Google Interaction Designer Mountain View CA Google Experience Studios Junior Experience Producer Los Angeles CA Gomoft Designer San Francisco CA IDEO Interaction Designer Palo Alto CA Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore Assistant Manager Singapore Singapore Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Satellite Data Systems Engineer Glendale CA Kognito Writer New York City NY McAfee UX Designer Santa Clara CA
Microsoft - Minecraft Game Designer Redmond WA NetEase Games UX Designer Guangzhou China Niantic Inc. Technical Artist Bellevue WA Part Time Evil Unity Developer Dayton OH PBS KIDS (Full time) Experience Designer Arlington VA Pixar Animation Studio Production Intern San Francisco CA Polarr Inc. Software Developer San Jose CA ROBLOX UX Designer San Mateo CA Rockstar San Diego Technical Designer Carlsbad CA Samsung Design Innovation Center UX Designer San Francisco CA Schell Games Engineering Fellow Pittsburgh PA Schell Games Game Designer Pittsburgh PA Schell Games Game Engineer Pittsburgh PA Schell Games Audio Intern Pittsburgh PA Schell Games Audio Artist Pittsburgh PA Schell Games Game Engineer Pittsburgh PA SentinelTec Chief Technology Officer Shenzhen China SIE - Santa Monica Studio Technical Artist Intern Los Angeles CA StitchBridge, Inc. 3D Artist Pittsburgh PA StitchBridge, Inc. UI/UX Designer Pittsburgh PA Tangible Play (Osmo) Game Engineer San Francisco CA Tencent Engineer China Touchpal Product Manager Mountain View CA Uber ATG Software Engineer San Francisco CA Ugh Smash Games 3D Artist/Rigging Artist Tampa FL Universal Creative Associate Engineer Japan Visual Concepts Software Engineer San Francisco CA Visual Concepts Software Engineer Novato CA Visual Concepts Software Engineer Los Angeles CA Visual Concepts Entertainment Software Engineer San Rafael CA Walt Disney Imagineering Game Design Intern Glendale CA Special Effects & Illusion Walt Disney Imagineering Development Intern Lake Buena Vista FL Walt Disney Imagineering Technical Director Trainee Burbank CA Windyvale Technical Artist San Francisco CA YouTube Software Engineer San Bruno CA Zoox Simulation Software Engineer San Francisco CA
SALARY –graduates negotiated their salary. Not all employed students provide data N = 59 High Low Mean Median $200,000 $26,000 $83,475 $80,000
EMPLOYMENT BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION Region Percentage of Students Northeast: CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT 7% Mid-Atlantic: DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA, WV 16% Southwest: AZ, NM, OK, TX 1% West: CA, HI, NV 51% Southeast: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, PR, SC, TN 4% Midwest: IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI 1% Northwest : AK, CO, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, WY 6% International 13%
INTERNSHIP AND CO-OP CONVERSION Type Number of Students Internship 12 Co-op 16 Both at the same location as full time offer 7 Total 28 - 7 = 21 or 30%
HOW THE GRADUATES SOURCED THEIR POST GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT. MORE THAN ONE SOURCE CAN BE SELECTED. Source Number of Students Intern Search/Company Websites 18 Personal Network 11 Alumni Contacts 8 ETC dlist Email 5 Faculty 3 GDC (Game Developers Conference) 2 Job Fairs (TOC/EOC/CAOC) 1 LinkedIn 1 3rd Party Recruiter 1