Reflect on-action - What critical incidents led you to enrol on the course?
- A tweet from a marketeer (Peep Laja 2020) I respect indicating he does not understand why people play games and should be solving business problems instead. While I don’t agree with the premise, it made me think about the time I spend on non-productive activities.
- My wife was accepted into an MA in Illustration course, which led me to consider the option of a Master’s degree.
- The company I work for has very rigid employment requirements, including a 4-year degree for my current rank for which I required CEO approval for an exception. A Master’s degree is required for promotion.
- I’ve been maintaining a notebook of different game ideas for about 20 years, and need some motivation to do something with it.
Reflect in-action - What critical incidents, if any, are you experiencing?
- Time balance. My work is mentally exhausting and we’re in a number of project crunches right now. I am really enjoying the research and creative side of the course so far, as its something I can do away from the computer. This is causing challenges with time planning and causing concern for being able to meet my own deliverables.
Reflect for-action - How are the first two points shaping your outlook for the future?
- I need to make use of more agile style methodologies, in particular, ensuring that I have a fully functional project at all times, and then refining and improving when time is available.
- Make use of the skills and techniques I’m learning and apply them to my work projects to increase my practice time.
- I have been avoiding using my notebook ideas, not wanting to waste them. I will make use of these.
References
- PEEP LAJA. 2020. [online]. Available at: https://twitter.com/peeplaja/status/1256614777075490817 [accessed 28 Oct 2020].