Teaching is the thing all of it has in common

In college I studied video game design and animation. After I graduated I was hired as an instructor for an after-school academy that teaches STEM education — science, technology, engineering, and math.

My job was to create a curriculum that would teach middle school and high school kids algebra and geometry using video games. It was a really neat job, and it taught me a lot about how to teach all age groups.

After a year and a half at that company, I was recruited to work for an app development company as a technical artist. I spent the next year working there more as a liaison between the various departments than as a technical artist. I learned the ins and outs of the corporate world, the software development industry, and how to translate highly technical terms and processes into verbiage that any layman could understand.