Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

digital games designertosoftware architect

A digital games designer already meets 46% of what the software architect role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From digital games designer
46%
Overlap1
To software architect
48 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
65.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

46%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.9/ 100

1 Share of the software architect role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the digital games designer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A software architect role treats 5 of its required skills as things a digital games designer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse business requirements
  • create software design
  • define technical requirements
  • design process
  • systems development life-cycle

What stands in the way is 14 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 48 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A software architect role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a digital games designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held task algorithmisation information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held create software design communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held design process communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held web programming information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held use markup languages working with computers
  • already held analyse business requirements information skills

All 48 carried skills, including the 5 the software architect role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 41 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information and communication technologies (icts) 4 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held object-oriented modelling required
  • required, not held system design required
  • required, not held tools for software configuration management required
  • required, not held unified modelling language required
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven optional
  • optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held SPARK optional
  • optional, not held STAF optional
  • optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held WildFly optional
  • optional, not held systems theory optional
02 working with computers 3 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held align software with system architectures required
  • required, not held analyse software specifications required
  • required, not held use an application-specific interface required
  • optional, not held apply ICT systems theory optional
  • optional, not held develop software prototype optional
  • optional, not held do cloud refactoring optional
  • optional, not held implement data warehousing techniques optional
  • optional, not held use query languages optional
  • optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
  • optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held define software architecture required
  • required, not held build business relationships required
  • required, not held create flowchart diagram required
  • optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
  • optional, not held design database in the cloud optional
  • optional, not held design database scheme optional
  • optional, not held provide ICT consulting advice optional
04 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held collect customer feedback on applications required
  • required, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports required
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held business process modelling required
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
06 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held oversee development of software required
  • optional, not held manage staff optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a software architect role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 48 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse business requirements skill
  • already held create software design skill
  • already held define technical requirements skill
  • already held design process skill
  • already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
  • already held ABAP knowledge
  • already held AJAX knowledge
  • already held APL knowledge
  • already held ASP.NET knowledge
  • already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held C# knowledge
  • already held C++ knowledge
  • already held COBOL knowledge
  • already held CoffeeScript knowledge
  • already held Common Lisp knowledge
  • already held Erlang knowledge
  • already held Groovy knowledge
  • already held Haskell knowledge
  • already held ICT security legislation knowledge
  • already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held JavaScript knowledge
  • already held Lisp knowledge
  • already held MATLAB knowledge
  • already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
  • already held Objective-C knowledge
  • already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
  • already held PHP knowledge
  • already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Perl knowledge
  • already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held R knowledge
  • already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held SAP R3 knowledge
  • already held SAS language knowledge
  • already held Scala knowledge
  • already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held TypeScript knowledge
  • already held VBScript knowledge
  • already held Visual Basic knowledge
  • already held computer programming knowledge
  • already held perform resource planning skill
  • already held task algorithmisation knowledge
  • already held use markup languages skill
  • already held web programming knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held security engineering optional
27 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
  • optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held SPARK optional
  • optional, not held STAF optional
  • optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held WildFly optional
  • optional, not held apply ICT systems theory optional
  • optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
  • optional, not held design database in the cloud optional
  • optional, not held design database scheme optional
  • optional, not held develop software prototype optional
  • optional, not held do cloud refactoring optional
  • optional, not held implement data warehousing techniques optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
  • optional, not held provide ICT consulting advice optional
  • optional, not held systems theory optional
  • optional, not held use query languages optional
  • optional, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
  • optional, not held security engineering optional
48 held skills the software architect role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role 3D lighting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role 3D texturing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Agile development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role CryEngine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role DevOps knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Frostbite (digital game creation systems) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role GameSalad knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Gamemaker Studio knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Havok Vision knowledge
  • not needed by the target role HeroEngine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT performance analysis methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Project Anarchy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Prototyping development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role RAGE (digital game creation systems) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Rapid application development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Shiva (digital game creation systems) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Source (digital game creation systems) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Spiral development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Unity (digital game creation systems) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Unreal Engine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Waterfall development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role animate 3D organic forms skill
  • not needed by the target role application usability knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply 3D imaging techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role augmented reality knowledge
  • not needed by the target role compose digital game story skill
  • not needed by the target role computer graphics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create 3D characters skill
  • not needed by the target role create 3D environments skill
  • not needed by the target role create concept of digital game skill
  • not needed by the target role create digital game characters skill
  • not needed by the target role design graphics skill
  • not needed by the target role digital game creation systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role digital game genres knowledge
  • not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
  • not needed by the target role formulate game rules skill
  • not needed by the target role hardware platforms knowledge
  • not needed by the target role id Tech knowledge
  • not needed by the target role incremental development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interactive media knowledge

8 further entries not listed here

19 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held business process modelling required
  • required, not held object-oriented modelling required
  • required, not held system design required
  • required, not held tools for software configuration management required
  • required, not held unified modelling language required
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held Ansible optional
  • optional, not held Apache Maven optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
  • optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held SPARK optional
  • optional, not held STAF optional
  • optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
  • optional, not held WildFly optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
  • optional, not held systems theory optional
  • optional, not held security engineering optional
Index

Other moves recorded from digital games designer

Full index of moves from digital games designer

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.