In the summer of 2017, I relocated from my hometown of St. Louis to learn, grow, and pursue an MFA from the NYU Game Center in New York City. I’ve since spent the last two years living in Brooklyn, studying with brilliant game designers, and growing in ways I could never have imagined. I am so, so grateful for my time here, but my academic studies have come to an end, and I once again find myself at a crossroads—what’s next?

The last year and a half has been one of the most exhilarating, formative, difficult, and revealing periods of my life. Let’s recap briefly, then we’ll get to the good stuff.

Regardless of where you are in your career, you will at some point hit a wall and need to get some outside input from a peer or mentor in your field. Having been on both ends of the “I need help!” spectrum, I’ve come to discover that there are ways that you can frame your needs to make your potential advisor more receptive to you, and can even help to encourage a healthy and happy long-term mentor relationship.

TL;DR: I escaped the chains of “impostor syndrome” by making a silly little game about cats… in space.

A few years ago I started feeling sick. A lot. I felt nauseated. I felt uncomfortable. I felt exhausted and unable to focus. I began sleeping […]

A lot of people express interest when I share that my business partners and I had been friends for several years before we took the plunge into mutual entrepreneurship. We’re in the minority of those who have managed to make a working relationship among friends work, so I’ll try to share our secrets to help you decide if working with friends is a reasonable option.

Often we hear the tech industry referred to as a “man’s world” — it’s a male-dominated field, and the common view is that women in technology and women who run tech startups are an anomaly of the industry. There is a dichotomy in this.

Many professionals hit a point in their careers when they find themselves questioning their job, and whether or not the time they’re investing is worth what they’re gaining from it. Is it enough? Does it excite you, satisfy you, or impact others in such a way that you feel fulfilled?

I like to playfully refer to myself as a recovering introvert. I grew up as a nerd with few friends and fewer social outlets. Bookish, studious, and eccentric, I never took the time to become well-versed in the art of human interaction. Who knew that social etiquette would one day be required to carry on a professional persona?

We now have a place to work, to grow, to meet, to create, to collaborate, to learn, and to celebrate. We have an office.