Activision Blizzard launched a boot camp for industry outsiders. Here’s what it taught the company about diversity in gaming [Fortune]
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Good morning! The gaming industry has a diversity problem. Although African American teenagers reportedly play video games more than other demographics, Black Americans make up just 2% of the industry’s workforce, and women represent 24%. Julie Hodges, chief people officer at Activision Blizzard, is working to fix the lack of representation, starting with engineers. This year, the gaming company launched the Level Up U boot camp to train non-industry professionals from underrepresented backgrounds to become full-time engineers. The industry is notoriously insular and hard to break into for applicants without experience in the space. As of 2021, women made up 24% of Activision’s workforce, while underrepresented employees made up 36%. The need for such a program at Activision was clear. But the interest from applicants exceeded Hodges’s expectations. Over 2,000 candidates applied to the 12-week program, which promises full-time employment at the company upon completion. This week, L
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