{"id":24761,"date":"2020-02-14T18:11:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T18:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=24761"},"modified":"2020-02-14T18:11:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T18:11:42","slug":"gen-z-ers-eye-careers-in-esports-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/gen-z-ers-eye-careers-in-esports-in-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Gen Z&#8217;-ers eye careers in eSports in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>More funding and educational support is needed to make sure that young people in Wales can seize opportunities in the emerging field of eSports, say gamers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esports &#8211; competitive gaming, often streamed to millions of people online &#8211; is massively popular amongst &#8216;Gen Z&#8217;, the generation born in the new millennium, who have grown up in the digital age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than half of young people surveyed by Barclays said that they&#8217;d rather be an eSports gamer than a doctor or a lawyer. 70% also said they watched friends or professional gamers online, on platforms like Twitch and Youtube, and it&#8217;s meant that more young people are now considering eSports as a career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#39;This could be a career of the future&#39; &#8211; John Jackson from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esportswales?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@esportswales<\/a>. The number of Welsh Gen Zers interested in careers in eSports is growing. Keep an eye out for the full article soon!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CardiffTrained?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CardiffTrained<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KTioCWZjrA\">pic.twitter.com\/KTioCWZjrA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Evan John (@evandavidjohn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evandavidjohn\/status\/1228367289722036226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The industry remains &#8216;grassroots&#8217; here in Wales, according to John Jackson from eSports Wales, but with the multi-billion pound industry gaining a following worldwide, including here in Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as the top level of the industry becomes ever more lucrative, breaking into eSports remains difficult, and is often not viewed as a viable career choice. Julia Cwierz was the first person to win the eSports scholarship from Roehampton, she says after that, people began to take her career choice seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"591\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail_IMG_6637-591x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail_IMG_6637-591x394.jpg 591w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail_IMG_6637-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail_IMG_6637-183x122.jpg 183w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail_IMG_6637-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail_IMG_6637-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail_IMG_6637-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail_IMG_6637-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail_IMG_6637-135x90.jpg 135w, https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbnail_IMG_6637.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><figcaption>Julia Cwierz says that an eSports scholarship helped her and people around her to realize she could make a career in the industry. <br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/JULIACLIP1.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Julia is currently studying to become a solicitor, and hopes to go into law in the eSports industry &#8211; law firms are now taking eSports clients like sports teams. For people like Julia, this means an opporunity to make a living from her passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Jackson at eSports Wales believes that the real opportunities in the future lies in the other jobs that it creates; it&#8217;s not just the competitions, but the ecosystem of jobs existing around professional eSports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8216;It&#8217;s very comparable to football; you haven&#8217;t just got the players, it&#8217;s the event organizers, the people who work in the stadiums, the people who do the marketing. I think going forward, a lot of their careers are going to be alongside [eSports]. <\/p><cite>John Jackson, eSports Wales<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>eSports Wales will be hosting the Welsh Open in March. 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