Entrepreneur to tell how to get an awesome job with a software company

April 1, 2014

Marissa Carl

Alex St. John, one of the most influential entrepreneurs in the technology sector, will return to Fairbanks to talk  about computers, games and how to get a great software company job.

UAF eLearning will sponsor a day of lecture and conversations with  St. John in Fairbanks on April 14 as a follow up to the Serious Fun Educational Games Gathering held in Anchorage on April 11.

St. John went from rural Alaska to a corner office at Microsoft and then into gaming. St. John attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the 1980s. However, his only diploma is an honorary bachelor of science in real-time simulation from DigiPen, awarded to him by Nintendo of America founder Minoru Arakawa for his lifetime contributions to gaming technology.

On April 14, St. John will offer four sessions. All conversations will be broadcast live via Hangouts on Air for those who can’t make it to Room 501 in the Geophysical Institute.

Mark your calendars for:

• “The Rise of the Personal Supercomputer and the Latest From the Front Lines of CUDA Programming,” 11:45-12:45 p.m., 501 Geophysical Institute


• “Platform Wars and the Rise of Mobile Games,” 1-2 p.m., 501 Geophysical Institute


• “How to Get an Awesome Job With a Game/Software Company,” 3:30-4:30 p.m., 501 Geophysical Institute


• “Alex Off the Record,” 7 p.m., The Pub, Wood Center

Click here to learn more about St. John’s career (including WildTangent, Hi5 and his 20+ technology patents) and for the link to join the conversations live on April 14, http://elearning.uaf.edu/go/stjohnlectures.