[Year 12 IT Apps] GDAA conference panel - advice

[Adrian Janson]

Hi Russell,

>Firstly, is it actually necessary to get more people to go into the  
>career? Is there a shortage?  (The only reason I ask, is there's  
>always this push to get people into science when in fact there's a  
>surfeit of qualified scientists. Just making sure the same doesn't  
>apply in IT and games development in particular.)

There is actually a big shortage of IT graduates - and lots of demand in the
industry.  One of the reasons that students may not be electing to undertake
an IT subject is because of a perceived lack of opportunity in the industry
(as a hangover from the dot-com crash).  Certainly, if this is the only or
main reason that a student does not select an IT subject, then we need to do
what we can to explain that this is not the case.

>Secondly, I'd say the best way they could help us or themselves is to  
>put on more holiday games development workshops. 

The holiday workshop idea is a good one - thanks!


Cheers,
Adrian
 
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