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Nest Hub 2nd Gen HP Envy x360 13 (2022) Review Best Chromebook Printers Home GamingNews <h1> Xbox is inspiring Black youth to make games with Project Amplify </h1> By Cristina Alexander September 23, 2022 Share Xbox launched Project Amplify, a new program that will help support Black youth who want to work in the gaming industry. Project Amplify is a video series where 14 Black employees within Xbox seek to educate Black youth on the diversity of roles within the gaming industry, offering them advice and insights into their current roles as well as sharing stories about their journey into the gaming industry.
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By Cristina Alexander September 23, 2022 Share Xbox launched Project Amplify, a new program that will help support Black youth who want to work in the gaming industry. Project Amplify is a video series where 14 Black employees within Xbox seek to educate Black youth on the diversity of roles within the gaming industry, offering them advice and insights into their current roles as well as sharing stories about their journey into the gaming industry.
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The teaser trailer below compilates snippets from all 14 videos from each employee, including program manager Q Muhaimin, senior business development manager James Lewis, software engineer Nayomi Mitchell, and head of development for Halo Infinite Pierre Hintze. Project Amplify Teaser An Xbox Wire post on Friday explained that Microsoft decided to introduce the initiative following a recent survey that found 95% of 200 students and alumni at Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the U.S. are interested in careers in the gaming industry.
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The teaser trailer below compilates snippets from all 14 videos from each employee, including program manager Q Muhaimin, senior business development manager James Lewis, software engineer Nayomi Mitchell, and head of development for Halo Infinite Pierre Hintze. Project Amplify Teaser An Xbox Wire post on Friday explained that Microsoft decided to introduce the initiative following a recent survey that found 95% of 200 students and alumni at Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the U.S. are interested in careers in the gaming industry.
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To break down those statistics further, 34% of them want jobs in program management, 24% want to go into engineering, and 18% want to do game development. James Lewis, one of the employees featured in Project Amplify and co-lead of Black Communities at Xbox, said in a statement that he hopes Project Amplify will make a lasting impact on Black youth and encourage them to act on their gaming industry dreams as he did. &#8220;In my early years, I was more focused on what not to do versus what I could be.
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To break down those statistics further, 34% of them want jobs in program management, 24% want to go into engineering, and 18% want to do game development. James Lewis, one of the employees featured in Project Amplify and co-lead of Black Communities at Xbox, said in a statement that he hopes Project Amplify will make a lasting impact on Black youth and encourage them to act on their gaming industry dreams as he did. “In my early years, I was more focused on what not to do versus what I could be.
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It wasn’t until my adult years that I learned to leverage my passion for games into a career,&#8221; Lewis said. &#8220;I am now incredibly thankful to be celebrating 10+ years in my dream career, and I hope Project Amplify inspires people to dream and take action toward their own goals. As my coaches and mentors would say, &#8216;play to win instead of playing to not lose.'&#8221; <h4> Editors&#039 Recommendations </h4> Fallout 4&#8217;s PS5 and Xbox Series X upgrade launches for free in 2023 After playing 6 hours of Sonic Frontiers, I&#8217;m sold on the &#8216;open zone&#8217; pivot Fire Emblem Engage: release date, trailers, gameplay, and more Gearbox Studios on using performance capture in New Tales from the Borderlands Final Fantasy 16: release date, trailers, gameplay, and more Silent Hill 2 remake: release date, trailers, gameplay, and more Gotham Knights resurrects Arkham Knight&#8217;s massive stuttering problems Three mysterious new Silent Hill games are in development Silent Hill 2 is getting a remake and it&#8217;s a PS5 console exclusive How Splatfests work in Splatoon 3 Animal Crossing Halloween event: costumes, items, dates, more &#8216;Wordle&#8217; today, October 20: Answer, hints, and help for word of the day (#488) How to report someone on Discord AMD vs.
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It wasn’t until my adult years that I learned to leverage my passion for games into a career,” Lewis said. “I am now incredibly thankful to be celebrating 10+ years in my dream career, and I hope Project Amplify inspires people to dream and take action toward their own goals. As my coaches and mentors would say, ‘play to win instead of playing to not lose.'”

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