Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Digital games developer to ICT application configurator

A digital games developer already meets 73% of what the ICT application configurator role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From digital games developer
73 % overlap
Strong match
To ICT application configurator
60 You already bring
6 Still to learn
79 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

37.7/ 100

1 How much of what an ICT application configurator is expected to do is already part of a digital games developer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the ICT application configurator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An ICT application configurator role treats 11 of its required skills as things a digital games developer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • ICT debugging tools
  • analyse software specifications
  • computer programming
  • create flowchart diagram
  • debug software
  • develop software prototype

What stands in the way is 6 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 60 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT application configurator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a digital games developer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held Xcode information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held use concurrent programming working with computers
  • already held use functional programming working with computers
  • already held KDevelop information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held use logic programming working with computers
  • already held use object-oriented programming working with computers

All 60 carried skills, including the 11 the ICT application configurator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 working with computers 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • still to learn integrate ICT data required
  • still to learn migrate existing data required
  • optional, not held do cloud refactoring optional
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
  • optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn build business relationships required
  • optional, not held provide ICT consulting advice optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
03 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn collect customer feedback on applications required
  • optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
  • optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
04 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn digital systems required
  • optional, not held inter-organisational middleware system optional
05 management skills 1 required
  • still to learn develop automated migration methods required
06 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held consultation methods optional
  • optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an ICT application configurator 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 60 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT debugging tools knowledge
  • already held analyse software specifications skill
  • already held computer programming knowledge
  • already held create flowchart diagram skill
  • already held debug software skill
  • already held develop software prototype skill
  • already held integrate system components skill
  • already held integrated development environment software knowledge
  • already held tools for software configuration management knowledge
  • already held use software design patterns skill
  • already held use software libraries skill
  • already held ABAP knowledge
  • already held AJAX knowledge
  • already held APL knowledge
  • already held ASP.NET knowledge
  • already held Ansible knowledge
  • already held Apache Maven knowledge
  • already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held C# knowledge
  • already held C++ knowledge
  • already held COBOL knowledge
  • already held Common Lisp knowledge
  • already held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) knowledge
  • already held Groovy knowledge
  • already held Haskell knowledge
  • already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held JavaScript knowledge
  • already held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • already held KDevelop 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 Puppet (tools for software configuration management) 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 STAF knowledge
  • already held Salt (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • already held Scala knowledge
  • already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held TypeScript knowledge
  • already held VBScript knowledge
  • already held Visual Basic knowledge
  • already held Xcode knowledge
  • already held use automatic programming skill
  • already held use concurrent programming skill
  • already held use functional programming skill
  • already held use logic programming skill
  • already held use object-oriented programming skill
  • already held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held interfacing techniques optional
08 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held statistics optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held consultation methods optional
  • optional, not held do cloud refactoring optional
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
  • optional, not held inter-organisational middleware system optional
  • optional, not held interfacing techniques optional
  • optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
  • optional, not held provide ICT consulting advice optional
  • optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
  • optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
  • optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
22 held skills the ICT application configurator 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 Internet of Things knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Joomla knowledge
  • not needed by the target role World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role adapt to changes in technological development plans skill
  • not needed by the target role apply 3D imaging techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role assist multimedia operator skill
  • not needed by the target role augmented reality knowledge
  • not needed by the target role computer graphics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design user interface skill
  • not needed by the target role develop creative ideas skill
  • not needed by the target role develop digital content skill
  • not needed by the target role develop virtual game engine skill
  • not needed by the target role digital game genres knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
  • not needed by the target role interactive media knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret technical texts skill
  • not needed by the target role object-oriented modelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role render 3D images skill
  • not needed by the target role software anomalies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role trigonometry knowledge
6 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 pick up Tier
  • still to learn digital systems required
  • optional, not held consultation methods optional
  • optional, not held inter-organisational middleware system optional
  • optional, not held interfacing techniques optional
  • optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
  • optional, not held statistics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from digital games developer

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a digital games developer become an ICT application configurator?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A digital games developer already covers 73% of what an ICT application configurator is expected to do: 60 skills carry over, 11 of which the ICT application configurator role treats as required.

What skills does a digital games developer need to become an ICT application configurator?

6 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is develop automated migration methods.

How hard is the move from digital games developer to ICT application configurator?

Its learning distance is 37.7 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.