Austin's Way: New Jobs for a New Economy

Electronic Arts: Video Games
There are only four or five cities in the U.S. where Electronic Arts would be likely to develop such a complicated product. Austin is one of them partly because it has a tech-savvy population and a history of fielding such work — and also because it's an easy place for people to train for the profession, with local colleges offering courses in game design and programming.

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