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JOB APPLICATION TIPS AND TRICKS

Career Advice

Cover Letters, Love ‘em or Leave ‘em?

A job posting is an expression of pain. They have specific gaps they’re looking to fill. Your job is to communicate you understand their pain and can alleviate their suffering.

Jean Leggett

Career Strategist & Leadership Coach

Career Advice

This Resume Landed an Interview at Amazon in <24 Hours

How do you write a resume that stands out from the crowd and gets the attention of hiring managers? Here's an approach that has consistently worked for me.

Nathan Bosia

General Manager

Career Advice

AMA with Amanda from Lumi Interactive

Read through our AMA with Amanda as we chatted about their current open positions, their studio founded on kindness culture, personal experiences of TikTok marketing & more!

Amanda Vandenburg

Community/Support Senior Associate

WE'RE HIRING, AMA!

AMA with Buddy Sola from Akupara Games

We hosted an AMA with Buddy Sola, Community Manager at Akupara Games. Listen to him talk about topics ranging from company culture, interviewing tips, and their closed Marketing St

Buddy Sola

Community Manager

AMA with Chris Chancey from Manavoid

Listen to our AMA with Chris Chancey from Manavoid! Listen to him talk about topics ranging from company culture, their open C++ Programmer role, Indie Asylum, and more!

Christopher Chancey

President/CEO

AMA with Stephane from 81Monkeys

Listen in to our AMA with Stephane from 81Monkeys as we chatted about their open roles, how they hire, and their new game, The World of Anterra!

Stephane Cotichini

Founder/Game Director

SUCCESS STORIES

Success Stories with Mauricio Castillo

Hear from Mauricio Castillo as he talks about his journey into games and answers your most pressing questions about his Lead Programmer role at Pet Golem Games!

Mauricio Castillo

Lead Programmer

Success Stories with Akané D'Orangeville

From anthropologist to an interpreter at the circus and into games, Akané shares her Success Story of her indie game Associate Producer to Producer journey.

Akané D'Orangeville

Producer

Kickstarter Q&A with Stephane Cotichini

We hosted a Kickstarter Q&A with Stephane Cotichini, Game Director and Founder at 81monkeys again! This time, he'll talk about the ongoing success of his current Kickstarter campai

Stephane Cotichini

Founder/Game Director

We’ve been lucky to have some incredible jobs working at and partnering with some of the biggest brands in video games.

But we’ve never had more fun and been more fulfilled than when we were working with indie game developers.

Everyone in games should have that much fun.

Our hope is that Work With Indies will connect job seekers with the most rewarding, most inspirational, and most fun jobs they've ever had.

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