A Career in eSports

eSports is a growing trend which is why a local institution of higher learning is trying to push it as a career and to take it to another level.

Director of ESports Quan Nguyen says; “Oh, my little kids are four and seven, and they beat me at Clash Royale and Brawl Star. So, I’m sitting there like, I gotta practice!” Quan Nguyen sees the growing trend of E-sports first hand.

“Once you get older, your fast, Twitch muscles down and you can’t do as much anymore, right?” he added “But I cheat. I tell them, hey, you know what? If you beat me, no more video games for tonight.”

He also said that scholarships are attracting high-level talents that’s why it’s not impossible to make E-sports as a career.

“I think it was last year, when a 16-year-old on $3 million playing fortnite” the director says. “And then people started hearing, hey, they came to school, they were like, hey, you give scholarships to go to school, to play video games Then they started realizing like, oh wow.”

“So if you’re child is very good at video games, don’t just push it off,” Nguyen says. “Help them expand it. And let them know that it’s not just video games. It’s also growing a career. Building skill sets that you can use in work, if you don’t become a professional gamer. You can use teamwork, flexibility, timing, you know, action planning, in your everyday work.”

“Because before, you played video games, people were like why are you playing video games? But now, you can play video games, and get an education,” Nguyen says. “So, I think it’s great. And I think it shows how invested our administration is, to E-Sports.”

Bryant and Stratton College is looking forward to hosting a major Esports event.