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

user interface developertodigital games developer

A user interface developer already meets 71% of what the digital games developer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From user interface developer
71%
Overlap1
To digital games developer
63 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
40.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 40.6

This move: 40.6 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the digital games developer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the user interface developer 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 63 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A digital games developer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a user interface 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 63 carried skills, including the 11 the digital games developer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 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 arts and humanities 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held 3D lighting required
  • required, not held 3D texturing required
  • required, not held digital game genres required
  • optional, not held interactive media optional
02 working with computers 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply 3D imaging techniques required
  • required, not held develop digital content required
  • optional, not held develop virtual game engine optional
  • optional, not held integrate system components optional
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held computer graphics required
  • optional, not held Internet of Things optional
  • optional, not held Joomla optional
  • optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
  • optional, not held software anomalies optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held render 3D images required
  • optional, not held adapt to changes in technological development plans optional
  • optional, not held develop creative ideas optional
05 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held trigonometry optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a digital games developer 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 63 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 debug software skill
  • already held develop software prototype skill
  • already held integrated development environment software knowledge
  • already held interpret technical texts skill
  • already held tools for software configuration management knowledge
  • already held use software design patterns skill
  • already held use software libraries skill
  • already held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools 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 World Wide Web Consortium standards knowledge
  • already held Xcode knowledge
  • already held augmented reality knowledge
  • already held create flowchart diagram skill
  • already held design user interface skill
  • 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
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist multimedia operator optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Internet of Things optional
  • optional, not held Joomla optional
  • optional, not held adapt to changes in technological development plans optional
  • optional, not held assist multimedia operator optional
  • optional, not held develop virtual game engine optional
  • optional, not held integrate system components optional
  • optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
  • optional, not held software anomalies optional
  • optional, not held trigonometry optional
  • optional, not held develop creative ideas optional
  • optional, not held interactive media optional
35 held skills the digital games developer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Adobe Illustrator knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Adobe Photoshop knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Ajax Framework knowledge
  • not needed by the target role CSS knowledge
  • not needed by the target role CoffeeScript knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Drupal knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Erlang knowledge
  • not needed by the target role GIMP (graphics editor software) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role JSSS knowledge
  • not needed by the target role JavaScript Framework knowledge
  • not needed by the target role LESS knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Microsoft Visio knowledge
  • not needed by the target role NoSQL knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Sass knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SketchBook Pro knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Synfig knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Vagrant knowledge
  • not needed by the target role WordPress knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design graphics skill
  • not needed by the target role design interaction model skill
  • not needed by the target role draw design sketches skill
  • not needed by the target role graphics editor software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human-computer interaction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role screen reader knowledge
  • not needed by the target role software UI design patterns knowledge
  • not needed by the target role software interaction design knowledge
  • not needed by the target role style sheet languages knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use an application-specific interface skill
  • not needed by the target role use markup languages skill
  • not needed by the target role use methodologies for user-centered design skill
  • not needed by the target role use query languages skill
  • not needed by the target role use scripting programming skill
  • not needed by the target role web programming knowledge
10 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 3D lighting required
  • required, not held 3D texturing required
  • required, not held digital game genres required
  • required, not held computer graphics required
  • optional, not held Internet of Things optional
  • optional, not held Joomla optional
  • optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
  • optional, not held software anomalies optional
  • optional, not held trigonometry optional
  • optional, not held interactive media optional
Index

Other moves recorded from user interface developer

Full index of moves from user interface developer

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.