Austrian gaming supplier Novomatic Group, along with partners, announced the launch of the Corporate Coding Academy (CCA), a training site for future company game developers. The company said it has been searching for suitable participants as of July 1.
Starting in November, the what the company calls the “coding heroes of tomorrow” will take part in a high-quality, customized six-month program and become junior game developers for the company.
“We need game developers, and our plan is to use this program, unique in Austria, to ensure that our new recruits are perfectly trained,” Dr. Klaus Niedl, Global HR director for Novomatic, said of the idea behind the training initiative.
The unique training program for future game developers is taught by experienced specialists from the software and game development industries. In addition to technical input, the participants will receive insight into game studios and their game development processes.
The six-month training program is divided into three stages, each eight weeks long, and will take place at three game studios in Vienna (Greentube) and Gumpoldskirchen (Novomatic). A combination of online and traditional training offers flexible “on-the-job” learning, and is designed to help maintain a work-life balance. Building on previous knowledge, the Corporate Coding Academy teaches total game development and associated programming languages such as C++ and SDL/OpenGL.
Participants will be selected based on a multi-step selection process; the training will not cost Corporate Coding Academy students anything.
“As one of the largest gaming technology companies in the world, we also produce games for the digital-interactive sector,” said Niedl. “It’s the fastest-growing sector in the entire gaming industry. Continued technological development is an important part of our company strategy, and we simply must have motivated and well-trained talents. This is why we founded the Corporate Coding Academy, in order to discover the game developers of the future, to train them, and, if possible, to keep them within the company.”
Novomatic is also exploring a new selection process for the Corporate Coding Academy. A “serious game” is used in the evaluation process in order to discover the technical and analytical competencies of the candidates in an entertaining manner.
More information on applying (applications are open until July 31, 2018) and on the training program can be found at corporate-coding-academy.com.
