Learn With Indies

Articles, interviews, and resources for growing teams and careers in indie games.

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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

On Applying for 3D Artist Jobs

I've reviewed 500+ artist portfolios in the last week and wrote some thoughts and advice for job seekers.

Chris Wade

Game Designer

WE'RE HIRING, AMA!

AMA with Peter Kao of Metanaut

Read through our AMA with Peter from Metanaut!

Peter Kao

Creative Director

AMA with Corey Warning and Will Lewis of Rose City Games

Read through this summary through our We're Hiring! AMA with Corey and Will from Rose City Games!

Corey Warning

Co-Founder

AMA with Glen O'Neill of The Yetee

Read through our AMA with Glen O'Neill from The Yetee!

Glenn O'Neill

Co-Founder

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.

NAVIGATION