From Gamedev to Big Tech: How to Get Hired by Google or Meta Artur Davydenko started his career in gaming, working at studios like Kefir Games and Playgendary. Today, he’s a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Meta and an ex-Googler. In this interview, Artur shares what it takes to switch from gamedev to big tech — from rewriting your resume to rethinking your feedback style. https://boost.ingamejob.com/from-gamede…

Channel
Boost: Карьера в геймдеве
@careeringamedev
On this record: Growth · Engagement · Posts · Citations · Cite this entry
465subscribers
-1 since we began measuring on 7 August 2026
Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of Under 1,000.
Register entry
| Telegram ID | -1001578900694 |
|---|---|
| Type | Channel |
| Username | @careeringamedev |
| Created | Between 1 August 2021 and 28 February 2023— estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated. |
| First recorded | 7 August 2026 |
| Last confirmed live | 16 August 2026 |
| Measurements held | 3 |
| Confirmed unchanged | 1 time, most recently 16 August 2026 |
| On Telegram | t.me/careeringamedev |
Growth
| Measured (UTC) | Subscribers | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Aug 2026, 05:34 | 465 | -1 |
| 7 Aug 2026, 05:17 | 466 | no change |
| 7 Aug 2026, 05:06 | 466 | first reading |
Engagement
15 posts held, back to 12 October 2023 — the reader has not yet reached the start of this channel’s public history, so older posts may sit further back, unread. Read across 1 pageof Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.
Nothing published in the last 30 days. ERR and ER are rolling 30-day measures, so there is nothing to compute — we hold 15 posts for this entry, the most recent from 13 June 2025. An engagement rate over an empty window would be a number about nothing.
Recent posts
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750 voices and counting — add yours to the Big Games Industry Employment Survey 2025! We’ve gathered 750 responses from industry professionals, and here’s what we’re seeing so far: ✅ 32% Senior specialists, 18% Team Leads, 15% Senior Developers — an incredibly experienced audience. 🎨🕹️💻 Top-3 disciplines: Artists, Game Designers, Programmers. ❗ 53% report dealing with unprofessional managers. ❗ 17% never work over…
The annual Big Games Industry Employment Survey is now live! For the ninth time, InGame Job and Values Value are launching an industry-wide survey, bringing together insights from professionals across the gaming world. This year, we continue to focus on the well-being of games industry professionals: 🔹 How have layoffs affected confidence in the future? 🔹 How do we make career decisions in this evolving landscape? …
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Як розвивати кар’єру в GameDev та змінити роботу Глобально, світ змінився. Тепер він непередбачуваний, неспокійний, нелінійний, швидкоплинний. Наші скіли мають відповідати сучасності. Те, що було раніше, вже не працює. Змінюйте стратегію, постійно розвивайтеся, здобувайте нові компетенції, глибоко копайте, демонструйте гнучкість та стійкість. Не має значення, чи ви експерт із досвідом у 10 років чи перший рік у проф…
Big Games Industry Employment Survey 2024 is Now On The Air This year, the questions will focus on the well-being of games industry professionals: • how layoffs have affected our confidence in the future, • how we make career decisions, • how these turbulent times impacted our incomes and attitudes towards employers? The survey will include new sections on mental health, discrimination, dream jobs, and current …
How to Work With a Remote Team: People Operations Trends 2024 Remote work has already become a part of many people's lives. We have learned how to hire under such conditions. The next step is to learn how to retain employees and collaborate effectively. In this guide, you will learn: • The importance of onboarding and adaptation • How to control productivity • All about high-quality internal communications • Wh…
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Огляд українського ринку праці в ігровій індустрії 2023 У цій статті ми проаналізували ринок праці в ігровій індустрії України у 2023 році та порівняли його з 2022. https://boost.ingamejob.com/ru/oglyad-ukraїnskogo-rinku-praczi-v-igrovij-industriї-2023/
How to Discover a GameDev Internship and Effectively Showcase Yourself Join the free webinar! Starting your career in the gaming industry might seem tough at first, but it’s possible with the right approach. Many begin with internships offered by gaming companies, either online or offline. During the webinar, you’ll get details on: – What kinds of internships there are. – How to pick the right one for you. – Tips…
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Showing the 12 most recent of 15 posts we hold for @careeringamedev. View and reaction counts are the latest single reading for each post, not a live figure, and a recent post is still accumulating both. A view count marked ≈ was rounded by Telegram before we ever saw it — t.me prints views in full below 1,000 and to three significant figures above, so ≈1,200,000 means somewhere between 1,150,000 and 1,249,999. Unmarked counts are exact. Text is reproduced from the public post preview and truncated for length.
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Cite this entry
A live page changes as we take new readings, so a citation should name the measurement it is based on, not just the URL. The line below cites the subscriber count as measured 16 August 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.
“Boost: Карьера в геймдеве” (@careeringamedev), 465 subscribers as measured 16 August 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/careeringamedev.
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