General Infromation
It is in the arts,audio/video technology, and communications career cluster and is in the visual arts pathway. A video game designer writes blueprints for the games, and decides what the game is about, also what will happen in it. In Wisconsin the entry level salary is $50,490 and the entry level salary nationally is $54,360. In 2010 66,500 people worked as a video game designer. In 2020 there are 5,500 expected job openings. Similar occupations would be a art director and a computer programmer. For sources for more information about video game designers are wsj.com and electronics.howstuffworks.com.
Education & training
Good classes to take when you are in High school to become a video game designer would be calculus, computer programming, multimedia design, advanced algebra, and trigonometry. Colleges you could go to are the Madison state college and Itt tech.
Nature of work
You would do lots of writing, drawing, and designing video games. You would work long hours and work 5-6 days a week. Advantages to this career are that you get to work and play on video games, and you know the latest technology. Some disadvantages were that you work long hours and you have to remember lots of information.
Opinion
I think this job is for me because I like to play video games, and I would like to make them too.