Hey rmcoo!
My path here wasn't super interesting, but it was definitely unexpected (for me anyway!)
I studied Physics in college, with a focus on computation. After I graduated, with the ever-looming student loan debt creeping up on me, a friend hooked me up with a job at a small market research firm here in LA. I basically got hired to be the office "Math Guy", but the job let me work on a lot of video gaming projects. I was able to work on everything from market analysis to audience segmentation for companies like Activision/Blizzard, EA, Sony, and even a few Riot studies. (I also had to do some work in TV, Film, and Digital Media, but that stuff isn't as cool to me)
After 4 years, I found myself particularly interested in player insights. It's amazing how difficult it can be for publishers/developers to connect with and understand their players with any degree of clarity, and being a life-long gamer myself I felt very motivated to work in that spac...
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