{"id":3582,"date":"2025-11-06T13:45:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/?p=3582"},"modified":"2025-11-06T14:15:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:15:05","slug":"professional-contexts-6-%e2%82%8a-%e2%8a%b9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/2025\/11\/06\/professional-contexts-6-%e2%82%8a-%e2%8a%b9\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Contexts 6 \u208a \u22b9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Breaking into the industry: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Role junior role :\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>challenging Programming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Real Industry experience creating gmaes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Networking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using industry software<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Small studio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using Unity professionally<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Left after 3 months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Role : Artist &amp; 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