5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Game Producer | Sarah Latta | NZGDC 2025

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In this talk, I will share the five lessons I learned throughout my last four years of being a Game Producer, after entering the industry with zero games industry experience.

These insights are drawn from firsthand experience that listeners can implement into their own roles to help navigate their early career. These five lessons will be:
The importance of the role and what it entails.
Navigating calm in the chaos
Learning how each member of your team ticks.
Developing trust
No plan/roadmap is perfect.




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