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Hi! My name’s Aahanaa and I’m an intern at 7 Generation Games. I go to college in Saint Paul but I’m originally from Kolkata, India. Why 7 Generation Games: I knew early on that I had a passion for both art and technology but for a good chunk of my […]

Intern Spotlight: Meet Aahanaa!

February 19, 2024 in Educational Games / Intern Diaries tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Games / interns by Diana Sanchez

Melvin, our new software development intern, is more than just a gifted coder.

Intern Spotlight: Meet Melvin!

February 5, 2024 in Educational Games / Intern Diaries tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Games / interns by Diana Sanchez

alejandro — Hi, my name is Alberto and I am a sophomore in high school. 7 Generation Games has been my first actual job experience and so far I have been enjoying it. The people here have been really helpful in helping me learn new skills. As an intern my job is […]

Being a video game tester

August 19, 2021 in 7GenGames / blogposts / Dog food / Educational Games / Game Progress / Intern Diaries / Newsletter tagged 7 Generation Games / 7GenGames / devdiary / intern diaries / Video Game Testing by 7 Generation Games Intern

As a student, I see a lot of things from a very different perspective than some of my coworkers. Hi, I’m Aaliyah a 16 year old high school student who is going into her junior year, I don’t have a lot of job experience. So when I heard about 7 […]

What It’s Like Being a Game Tester: From a Different ...

June 15, 2021 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Game Progress / Intern Diaries / Newsletter / Women in Tech tagged 7 Generation Games / Game Testing / intern diaries / Video Game Testing by 7 Generation Games Intern

Our game dev intern (now junior web developer as of August) Anthony Kampa, joined 7 Generation Games a few weeks ago through the SciTech Internship Program. Originally from Saint Cloud, MN, Anthony is slaying school at University of Minnesota Crookston, home of the Golden Eagles. He’s currently a Software Engineering […]

Intern Spotlight: Anthony Kampa

July 8, 2020 in Educational Games / Intern Diaries by Christy Hanson

Before I started working here, my knowledge of Native American history was what I learned in middle school, basically a watered down unit on The Trail of Tears. There is so much more history than what is taught in schools, – and at 7 Generation Games, we work really hard […]

My Top 5 Native American History Video Resources

November 14, 2019 in Educational Resources / Intern Diaries tagged Native American heritage month by Sabrena Youngerman

Learn division with refrigerator magnets — Intern Diaries contribution from Irma Barcena I remember in kindergarten, I would give my mother my work and she would hang it on the fridge. It varied from art and colored pictures. As I got older, it became assignments and tests where I did well, and eventually only the As […]

From papers on the refrigerator to division magnets

July 23, 2019 in division / Division / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Intern Diaries / Math / Mathematics by Julia De Mars

Everyone has biases. “But wait Sabrena, what do biases have to do with checking yourself?” Well, let me tell you. I’m sure we’ve all heard the phrases “check yourself before you wreck yourself” and “take a look in the mirror before you judge anyone else.” As much as we try […]

Checking Myself Before I Wreck Myself

July 22, 2019 in Bilingual Education / Intern Diaries tagged education / intern diaries by Sabrena Youngerman

You know what? Working for 7 Generation Games is probably the perfect internship for me because studying abroad is expensive. In order to not mess up while in another country, you have to know how to budget. I know my parents will laugh hysterically at this bit, BUT it does […]

Interning Abroad Diary: You’ll Really Use Math

February 6, 2019 in Intern Diaries / Math by Julia De Mars

Julia in 7 Generation Games hat — It takes a lot and I mean A LOT to get myself motivated to basically do anything as evidenced by the fact that my Motivation Monday is getting published on Saturday. Why? I don’t know. My mom would also like to know, but sorry it’s just how I’m wired I […]

Intern Diaries: Getting Motivated to Learn

January 26, 2019 in 7GenGames / Intern Diaries / Start-up Diaries by Julia De Mars

Julia in a boat on the Thames River — by Julia De Mars I’ll be honest here, I have a very hard life. I’m studying for a semester in London, England, a horrible and uncultured place. Hate it. I have met too many great people already, like seriously go away I have things to do- games to test! There […]

Interning Abroad

January 20, 2019 in Intern Diaries / Start-up Diaries by Julia De Mars

This past summer, I participated in a teaching fellowship training program. What this means is, I was able to get hands on teaching experience, while being taught how to become a better teacher myself. Over the course of the five weeks, I designed lesson plans, taught a 9th grade English […]

How 7 Generation Games is Closing the Equity Gap

August 28, 2018 in Intern Diaries by Sabrena Youngerman