United States

Game Design

Bachelor’s Degree

Paul An

Game programmer

Communication

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Unity

Unreal Engine

Empathy

Team player

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

Getting the most out of my internship

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Worked on Meta's shop fulfillment team in Hacklang (PHP-type) for the Oculus Quest 2 payment's processing portal.

Worked with Unreal Engine 4 for TMU's unannounced original IP game. TMU has released ports of popular games such as Borderlands, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2, Journey to the Savage Planet, and more.

Managed a team of 3 engineers to create games in Unity. Designed Game Design Documents, and implemented various types of features from multiplayer networking, combat systems, and encounter designs. Currently designing and developing a turn-based RPG game to release in Q3-2023.

Developed and maintained core functionality for TrueAccord's scalability and product operations team.
Refactored legacy Jenkins jobs to utilize elasticsearch to decrease build completion times. Automated helpdesk services via Twilio & Zendesk in Scala/Python to minimize human involvement. Used Jira as a project management tool and Github for version control. Interviewed & assessed entry to principal level software engineering candidates.

Developed software for the P8-A aircraft's acoustics capability for use in anti-submarine warfare. Worked with simulation frameworks like wxPython, Numpy, as well as containerization software such as Docker & Kubernetes. Updated builds to save time, space, and money for the US Navy as our primary customer.

Worked as the sole undergraduate researcher alongside professors Gary and Judith Olson and PhD candidates on Natural Language Processing(NLP) and data visualization projects funded by Google Ventures.

Implemented features in project Novox using Python’s nltk, docx, Django libraries.
Helped develop a Google Chrome extension(DocuViz) using JavaScript, JQuery, HTML5/CSS.

Published two articles as a co-author alongside professor Gary Olson.

Interned at a top rising startup in Latin America’s tech hub of Buenos Aires. Fueled by a desire to travel internationally and develop my skills in mobile development, I interned at Technorides Argentina. Familiarized myself with Android UI design principles and worked closely with the CTO to release stable builds. Developed features to deploy on both backend/frontend sides.

Selected from more than 700 applicants to join Sage Corps' 2016 global entrepreneurship program after a behavioral and situational interview focused on identifying Fellows who are best suited for a rigorous cultural, professional and personal abroad experience while working at a tech startup for 8-12 weeks 

Chosen by the leadership team of a partner startup from one of Latin America's top two accelerators to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset and work as a developer.

One of less than 1% of U.S. university students to graduate with global work experience

IT lab attendant. Job requirements were to monitor student activity and help debug common IT issues. To go beyond those requirements, I also helped mentor students for programming help.

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