Product & Innovation
Is professional gaming a real career path for kids?
Answered independently in 3 episodes, by 3 different people. Every line below is verbatim from the transcript, timestamped to the moment it was said.
The short answer
What the archive says
01The career opportunity in eSports extends far beyond playing: Shaon estimates that from a thousand tournament participants he could find 300 coders, 200 programmers, 50 streamers and 60 game designers, versus maybe three or four college-eligible players from a thousand football recruits. source →
02Shaon's advice to parents: let your kid game all day, but require an equal amount of time learning to code, program or design to raise the odds of a real career. source →
In their words
What 3 people actually said
We're the home of competitive gaming, right? We want to be your first step into eSports to come and compete. Typically, if you want to come, so our hours are like 3 p.m.
If I had a thousand people on an esports tournament, I can find 300 coders and 200 programmers and 50 streamers and 60 game designers.
Is this, you know, it seems like it might be closer than it ever was. But is this a career path. But esports for sure.
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