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Turn your curiosity into action before inspiration fades - Carl Leducq | S1E4
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Carl is a games producer and podcaster. We talk about how learning to make short gameplay montages of Call of Duty 4 during high school set him on a squiggly path from film to social media content creation, and eventually into the games industry.
Key Topics
- Why learning how to edit gameplay montages of Call of Duty 4 as a teenager helped Carl more than anything he took from studying at school
- How Carl's passion for storytelling took him from film to being a social media content creator and eventually into the games industry
- How Carl overcame his self-doubts by taking action, following his curiosity and putting himself out there
- How Carl uses keeps himself energised by finding a community of people who share his curiosity and excitement and motivate him to keep taking action
Detours and Tangents
- What's involved in being a games producer
- Skills necessary to succeed in the games industry
- Games for education
Episode Summary
Visit the Grokkist podcast hub for a full digest of this episode including highlights and links to stuff we discussed: https://grokk.ist/stillcuriouspodcast/s1e4-carl-leducq/
Recorded 28 September 2021
Website: grokk.ist/stillcuriouspodcast | Email: [email protected] | Socials: @grokkist
Music: Kleptotonic Swing by Tri-Tachyon
Chapters
1. Introduction (00:00:00)
2. Meet Carl (00:02:15)
3. Recognising curiosity, formal education and being a self-taught learner (00:17:00)
4. Starting a podcast, following curiosity and the creative journey (00:25:02)
5. Becoming a board member (00:37:26)
6. Games for education (00:46:01)
7. Action buddies and overcoming doubts (00:58:08)
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