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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Jamie Smith says teaching sharpened more than his public speaking — it taught him to find the one idea that has to click before anything else does. He calls it a threshold concept. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gameindustry #gamedesign #careerjourney

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Four judges tore Jamie Smith's Dragon's Den style pitch apart during the 2008 crash. Months later, one of them offered him an internship at Reflections. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #careerjourney #firstjob #gamedesign #gameindustry @smithstock.bsky.social

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Jamie Smith's boss found out he was leaving Ubisoft — and sent him to Paris for two months anyway. Not to change his mind. So he'd leave loving the company. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #careerjourney #gameindustry #gamedevlife #devlife

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"It looks like a mess until the moment it doesn't." Animator Lana Bachynski on stop motion vs. fighting the computer for control, one layer at a time. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedevlife #devlife #animation #gameindustry

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Designers at Lana Bachynski's studio used to sit behind a literal wall. The team knocked it down once they had to compete with something as big as League of Legends. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedevlife #devlife #crunchculture #gameindustry

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Animator Lana Bachynski says animation broke her sense of left and right for good — screen direction vs. character direction is a coin flip now. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedevlife #devlife #animation #gameindustry

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Jay Powell knew he'd crossed a line the morning he woke up at 3am throwing up blood - a decade into a job he loved, when 'mental health' wasn't even a phrase yet. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gameindustry #burnout #crunchculture #worklifebalance

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Before digital distribution, launching one game worldwide meant 20-25 country-specific contracts. Jay Powell learned to write them as employee #3 - no law degree required. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gameindustry #careerjourney #firstjob #gamedevlife

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Jay Powell built his own consulting firm by copying someone else's playbook - a firm that made a business out of one narrow niche. That's how The Powell Group started. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gameindustry #careerjourney #careertips #gamedevlife

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Steven Dwyer's first pro games job was Sonic Riders. After a year and a half of crunch, his manager woke him at his desk — game approved. Steven stood up and quit, half-asleep. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gameindustry #crunchculture #firstjob #gameprogramming

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Steven Dwyer burned out in his first year of a CS degree — 300 students, a 25-person queue for help, and no name yet for what he felt. So he just disengaged. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gameindustry #burnout #impostersyndrome #softwareengineering

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The only thing that stops you from solving a problem, Zane Draper says, is deciding you can't. His do-it-yourself Dad drilled that confidence into him as a kid. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #careertips #gameprogramming #gameindustry #podcastclip

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A random Xbox game off a shelf — Bioshock — rewrote his career path. A beer with a stranger at a Boston meetup turned into his first job in games. From Dev to Dev Season 1, on Patreon: www.patreon.com/DevToDevPodc... . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedev #careertips #podcastclip #gameindustry #Bioshock

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Luke Shingleton used to only play FPS games. His design degree forced him into genres he'd never touched — now he's got 600+ hours in The Binding of Isaac! Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedesign #gamedev #videogames @ulsteruni.bsky.social

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Designers need to be polyglots, says Luke Shingleton — able to speak programmer, artist, and producer languages alike. The real skill isn't the idea. It's the translation. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedesign #gamedev #careertips @ulsteruni.bsky.social

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Job interview at 1pm, marriage proposal that afternoon — same day. Luke Shingleton on surviving the most stressful 24 hours of his life! Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedev #podcastclip #careertips #gameindustry

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Tyler Rotheram's granddad ran an allotment where PlayStation devs volunteered — young Tyler just kept talking to them. That's literally where the seed got planted. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedev #gamedesign #careertips #podcastclip @tyrotheram.bsky.social

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Show people a low-poly VR library, then the real one, and they swear they've been there before. Scott Nisenfeld set out to measure 'presence' in the spaces we build. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gameprogramming #softwareengineering #gameindustry #podcastclip

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Sangita says games taught them to run toward discomfort, not from it — in a medium young enough that the rules keep changing. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedev #gameindustry #narrativedesign #podcastclip

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

A project can be cancelled. The community you built on it can't be. Sangita on grieving a lost IP — and the bonds that outlasted it. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedev #gameindustry #narrativedesign #careertips

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Sangita ran playtests before they ever made a game — they just called it theatre. A live crowd is the most honest data you'll get. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedev #narrativedesign #gamedesign #podcastclip

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Louis Bayard nearly chose sound design — then realised level design lets him shape how players feel: art, light, space, even the music. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #devtodevpodcast #leveldesign #gamedesign #systemdesign #gameindustry #podcastclip

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

What sold Louis Bayard on the Design school Rubika wasn't the building. It was the room — not thirty designers but a hundred, all there to learn from! Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #devtodevpodcast #gamedesign #careertips #gameindustry #leveldesign #podcastclip #Rubika

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Louis Bayard calls it a flaw — he leaps into challenges before thinking them through. Once you're in, you can't stop yourself trying. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #careertips #gameindustry #impostersyndrome #gamedesign #podcastclip

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

No art training. Just math. But he's always been an artist — he just needed the right tool. Brian Marinari on finding the exact place where your skills meet your love. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedesign #videogames

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

His studio closed suddenly. How did he handle that? "The answer is: not well!" Brian Marinari on the industry's hardest conversation. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedev #gameindustry #gamedevelopment #impostersyndrome

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

He brought his wife to a sprint review. Not to explain the crunch — to let her feel what he felt building it. Brian Marinari on what good team culture actually looks like. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedev #gamedevelopment #production #videogames #podcastclip

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Rob's wonders if he's found his place had his band made it: a little more success might have been the worst thing that could've happened... Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevtoDevPodcast #careertips #musicindustry #impostersyndrome

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Rob realised the walls he'd built around music weren't the job's fault — they were his own. Watching a boss at USC balance a band and a senior role made that uncomfortably clear. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #gamedev #careertips #worklifebalance #impostersyndrome #podcastclip

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Usually it's the kid who wants to make games. Sarah's mum was the believer. Sarah needed convincing. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #gamedev #gameindustry #gamedesign #podcastclip #gamedevelopment

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

She went to marketing, came back to Production, and the round trip gave her a barometer Sarah's used ever since: is it the role giving as much as I'm putting in? Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #producer #gameindustry #careertips #gamedevelopment

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

She knows she wants back in. She knows she's a workaholic. She just doesn't know how to balance that with being a parent. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #gamedev #gameindustry #careertips #gamedevelopment #parentalduties

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

A QA lead turned Producer turned Mum, Sarah Lynn talks about what draws her to the craft — and the harder question of what it means come back to it as a parent. Dev to Dev S02 E13 is out now! Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev #gamedev #producer #gameindustry #careertips #production

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Dreadlocks, piercings, full alternative culture. The games industry was one of the first places that cared what Tom could do, not what he looked like. Find Dev to Dev here linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedev #gameindustry #podcastclip #impostersyndrome With @pokedaduk.bsky.social

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Spent years trying to get into games as a tester, a writer, anything. Turns out he'd been programming the whole time. Tom Miles on Dev to Dev. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedev #gameindustry #careertips #podcastclip With @pokedaduk.bsky.social

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

He didn't go to Pokémon tournaments for the Pokémon. He went for the people. Tom Miles on gaming, belonging, and finding your tribe. Find Dev to Dev here: linktr.ee/DevToDev . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #gamedev #gameindustry #videogames #podcastclip with @pokedaduk.bsky.social

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Dev to Dev S01 E06 with Leamon Tuttle is live now on all good Podcast platforms and on video on Patreon. Explore Leamon's journey into the fascinating role of Lore Master! . . . . . . #DevToDevPodcast #DevToDev #GameDev #gamedeveloper #Videogames #Narrative #narrativedesign

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

S01 E02 of Dev to Dev - the podcast about everyday videogame developers and why they do what they do every day - with @leylses.bsky.social is live NOW on all podcast Platforms. Check out the info here: alexsulman.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/c...

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

If you are at all curious why I started the Dev to Dev podcast, check out my blog post here alexsulman.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/s...

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Dev to Dev, the Podcast about everyday videogame developers and why they do what they do every day! Launching September 8th Find us on: Patreon: DevToDevPodcast Spotify: Dev to Dev TikTok: @devtodevpodcast YouTube: @DevToDevPodcast

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Dev To Dev Podcast @devtodevpodcast.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Dev To Dev Podcast, coming September 8th to all podcast platforms and Patreon...

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