Jan Huňka
Lead Game Programmer
Jan’s venture into the video game industry started over 8 years ago working on DayZ. Later he joined Techland where he contributed to the development of Dying Light 2 and was an integral part of shaping Techland’s new unannounced fantasy open world action-RPG.
During this time he found great love for designing and prototyping intriguing gameplay which combined with his technical abilities helped him to eventually become a Lead Game Programmer. In this role he gained experience with both technical aspects of leadership and mainly how to build a thriving team of experts.
Jan has recently decided to depart from Techland and tackle new challenges.
During this time he found great love for designing and prototyping intriguing gameplay which combined with his technical abilities helped him to eventually become a Lead Game Programmer. In this role he gained experience with both technical aspects of leadership and mainly how to build a thriving team of experts.
Jan has recently decided to depart from Techland and tackle new challenges.
Talks & sessions
Lead the Game: Lessons learned about leadership
Becoming a lead is just a first step of your journey. Now comes the hard part.Which areas of the team should you focus on first? How do you gain trust of your team? How to provide useful feedback? How to maintain high quality of the work but not micromanage everything? And mainly, how not to get overwhelmed from all of these questions and still stay productive?!
I will try to inspire you by describing my own journey from a game programmer who knew nothing about leadership to a lead of a big team on an AAA project.