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Career Change - Where to Start

Roseanna Fenn · 2018-09-15T14:15:26

Hi all! I'm new here so hoping this is in the right place. I'm looking to change careers into the video games industry, but my lack of experience is proving to be quite the hindrance. I currently work as a dog groomer with over 5 years experience in my trade but have CTS in both my wrists so I've decided to pack that up and move on to something new. I've given it a lot of thought and I wouldn't be suited to the creative side and concluded I'd make a fairly good Community Manager. However, I am clueless as to where to start. Obviously I wouldn't expect to be given a management position straight away so I'm looking to start entry level but my question is, what is entry level and where can I find it? After some Googling the only result I've found is QA Testers but most I have found require you to be bi/multi-lingual (I speak Japanese but not fluently enough to be considered for those types and I can't read or write in Japanese very well) Any insight would be helpful. I'm pulling my hair out over this! Thanks bunches ?