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Cassandra Briedis THE saying goes that if you Mr Wang said one of the do what you love, you will best parts of the job was never have to work a day in working in a team. your life. “All my work mates are Former corporate finance gamers and like-minded analyst Allan Wang was not people,” he said. content with his working life “I’m still in my honey- so he decided to take a leap of moon period.” faith and alter his career Compared to his past job path. in banking, Mr Wang said “When I sat down and re- his new position was less ally thought about my pas- stressful and best suited to sions and what I wanted, those who were not deter- only one thing came to mind mined to “climb the career – video games,” he said. ladder”. Mr Wang enrolled in a “You have to really love Bachelor of Interactive En- making video games and tertainment majoring in everything about it to work Games Programming at at a small com- SAE Qantm Institute in Syd- pany,” he said. As skills are ney. developed, progression to During the final stage of senior programming roles his two-year degree, he was can be offered. hired as an associate pro- grammer after completing WHERE TO STUDY an internship with indie There are several course game development studio providers in NSW offering a Halfbrick. Bachelor of and “Within hours of starting Development, including: my internship, I realised  SAE Qantm, sae.edu.au what it feels like when your  JMC Academy, passion aligns with your jmcacademy.edu.au  work,” he said. Macquarie University, His company specialises mq.edu.au in mobile games for Android and iOS devices and has pro- duced popular titles includ- ing Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride. “My duties are basically implementing various pie- ces of functionality in the game, from core systems to game content,” he said. 02 Jun 2015 Hills Shire Times, Sydney Author: Cassandra Briedis • Section: General News • Article type : News Item Audience : 58,494 • Page: 54 • Printed Size: 362.00cm² • Market: NSW Country: Australia • ASR: AUD 1,666 • Words: 325 • Item ID: 415013463

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Video game Allan Wang at Halfbrick studios in Harris Park. Picture: PETER KELLY