Entertainment Technology Center, CMU Summer Placement Results, 2020 (During COVID-19)
N = 76 Internship including National High School Game Academy = 61 / 80% Return to Home Country without reported internship = 1 / 1% Summer Enrichment/Self Study = 8 / 11% Taking Time Off = 4 / 5% Unreported = 2 / 3%
EMPLOYERS AND LOCATION
Company Role City State or Country AI Labs Software Engineer Taipei Taiwan Alibaba UI/UX Designer Hangzhou China Amazon Twitch Prime Live Showrunner Intern Pittsburgh PA Carnegie Mellon University Programmer Pittsburgh PA Carnegie Mellon University Research Assistant Pittsburgh PA Carnegie Mellon University Research Assistant Pittsburgh PA Carnegie Mellon University Designer Pittsburgh PA Carnegie Mellon University Designer Pittsburgh PA Carnegie Mellon University Sound Designer Pittsburgh PA Chi, Heinz College, CMU Research assistant Pittsburgh PA CMU - AiPlex Lab Unity Programmer Pittsburgh PA CMU - AiPlex Lab Coder Pittsburgh PA CS Academy, CMU UX Designer Pittsburgh PA CS Academy, CMU UX Design Internship Pittsburgh PA Electronic Arts Software Engineer Intern Pittsburgh PA Electronic Arts Automation Software Engineer Intern Pittsburgh PA Electronic Arts Software Engineering Intern Pittsburgh PA Epic Games Engine Programmer Internship Pittsburgh PA ETC, Creative Good Fund Designer Pittsburgh PA ETC, Creative Good Fund Designer Pittsburgh PA Facebook Robotics Front End Engineering Intern Fremont CA Facebook Software Development Engineer Pittsburgh PA Facebook Product Designer Menlo Park CA Frick Art Museum Design and Research Intern Pittsburgh PA Frick Museum Programmer/Designer Pittsburgh PA Frick Museum Intern Pittsburgh PA Frick Museum UX Designer Pittsburgh PA Google Software Development Internship Pittsburgh PA Jam City UX Design Intern San Francisco CA Jewish Healthcare Foundation Design Intern Pittsburgh PA Jewish Healthcare Foundation Backend Engineer Pittsburgh PA Madison Square Garden Software Engineer New York NY Madison Square Garden Game Design Student Associate Pittsburgh PA Madison Square Garden Art Student Associate Pittsburgh PA National High School Game Academy Programmer Teaching Assistant Pittsburgh PA National High School Game Academy Programming Teaching Assistant Pittsburgh PA
National High School Game Academy Programming Teaching Assistant Pittsburgh PA National High School Game Academy Production Teaching Assistant Pittsburgh PA National High School Game Academy Game Design Teaching Assistant Pittsburgh PA National High School Game Academy 3D Art Teaching Assistant Pittsburgh PA National High School Game Academy Teaching Assistant Pittsburgh PA National High School Game Academy 3D Art Teaching Assistant Pittsburgh PA National High School Game Academy Teaching Assistant Pittsburgh PA National High School Game Academy Animation Teaching Assistant Pittsburgh PA National High School Game Academy 2D/3D Art Teaching Assistant Pittsburgh PA NVIDIA Corporation Software Intern Austin TX Oculus Software Engineer Intern Pittsburgh PA Orta Interactive 3D Artist Intern Pittsburgh PA Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Experience Designer Las Cruces NM Tencent Back End Engineer Intern Shenzhen China Tencent Game Designer Intern Shenzhen China Tencent Software Engineer Shenzhen China Tencent Visual Designer Shenzhen China The Alice Project 3D Artist Pittsburgh PA The Alice Project UI/UX Designer Pittsburgh PA The Alice Project Engineer Pittsburgh PA The Alice Project 3D Modeler Pittsburgh PA Uber ATG Software Engineering Intern Pittsburgh PA Urban Art Partnership Code Auditor Pittsburgh PA Visual Novel Project, CMU Artist and UI/UX Designer Pittsburgh PA VMware Product Design Intern Pittsburgh PA
INDUSTRY Industry Number of Students Education/Information Learning 30 Games 17 Technology 10 Themed Entertainment 7 Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality 2 Film/Entertainment 1
SALARY – dollars per hour* High Low Mean Median $53.00 $10.00 $22.65 $15.00 *calculations based on 55 reported salaries
EMPLOYMENT BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION. Due to COVID-19 and remote work, this data reflects where the students physically worked, not the location of the company Region Number of Students Northeast: CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT 1 Mid-Atlantic: DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA, WV 49 Southwest: AZ, NM, OK, TX 2 West: CA, HI, NV 3 Southeast: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, PR, SC, TN 0 Midwest: IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI 0 Northwest : AK, CO, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, WY 0 International 6
HOW THE STUDENTS SOURCED THEIR INTERNSHIP Source Number of Students ETC Emails 21 Faculty Contacts 17 Personal Network 8 Intern Search/Company Websites 7 Handshake/TOC 4 Alumni Contacts 2 Extension of ETC Sponsored Project 2
WHEN OFFERS WERE MADE Month Number of Offers January, 2020 2 February, 2020 0 March, 2020 12 April, 2020 5 May, 2020 11 June, 2020 2