Table 1Transition record

digital games designertoknowledge engineer

A digital games designer already meets 41% of what the knowledge engineer role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.

From digital games designer

41%

Overlap1

To knowledge engineer

45 Skills carried over

19 Required, not held

70.3 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 70.3

This move: 70.3 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the knowledge engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the digital games designer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 45 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A knowledge engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a digital games designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held task algorithmisation information and communication technologies (icts)
already held web programming information and communication technologies (icts)
already held use markup languages working with computers
already held analyse business requirements information skills
already held systems development life-cycle information and communication technologies (icts)
already held ICT security legislation business, administration and law

All 45 carried skills, including the 6 the knowledge engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 44 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 information and communication technologies (icts) 8 required, 8 supplementary

required, not held database development tools required
required, not held information extraction required
required, not held information structure required
required, not held principles of artificial intelligence required
required, not held resource description framework query language required
required, not held systems theory required
required, not held data engineering required
required, not held data science required

optional, not held LINQ optional
optional, not held N1QL optional
optional, not held SPARQL optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held data mining optional
optional, not held decision support systems optional
optional, not held information architecture optional
optional, not held unstructured data optional

02 working with computers 4 required, 8 supplementary

required, not held apply ICT systems theory required
required, not held manage ICT semantic integration required
required, not held use an application-specific interface required
required, not held use databases required

optional, not held define database physical structure optional
optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
optional, not held use query languages optional
optional, not held utilise decision support system optional
optional, not held manage digital documents optional
optional, not held store digital data and systems optional
optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional

03 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held business process modelling required
required, not held business intelligence required

optional, not held ICT project management optional

04 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held create semantic trees required
required, not held manage database required

optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional

05 management skills 2 required

required, not held assess ICT knowledge required
required, not held manage business knowledge required

06 arts and humanities 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held natural language processing required

optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a knowledge engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 45 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held analyse business requirements skill
already held define technical requirements skill
already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
already held task algorithmisation knowledge
already held use markup languages skill
already held web programming knowledge
already held ABAP knowledge
already held AJAX knowledge
already held APL knowledge
already held ASP.NET knowledge
already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
already held C# knowledge
already held C++ knowledge
already held COBOL knowledge
already held CoffeeScript knowledge
already held Common Lisp knowledge
already held Erlang knowledge
already held Groovy knowledge
already held Haskell knowledge
already held ICT security legislation knowledge
already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
already held JavaScript knowledge
already held Lisp knowledge
already held MATLAB knowledge
already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
already held Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
already held Objective-C knowledge
already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
already held PHP knowledge
already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
already held Perl knowledge
already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
already held R knowledge
already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
already held SAP R3 knowledge
already held SAS language knowledge
already held Scala knowledge
already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
already held Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
already held TypeScript knowledge
already held VBScript knowledge
already held Visual Basic knowledge
already held computer programming knowledge

The 2 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 supplementary

optional, not held create database diagrams optional
optional, not held design application interfaces optional
optional, not held design database scheme optional
optional, not held build business relationships optional

08 social sciences, journalism and information 2 supplementary

optional, not held information categorisation optional
optional, not held cognitive psychology optional

25 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held ICT project management optional
optional, not held LINQ optional
optional, not held N1QL optional
optional, not held SPARQL optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held create database diagrams optional
optional, not held data mining optional
optional, not held decision support systems optional
optional, not held define database physical structure optional
optional, not held design application interfaces optional
optional, not held design database scheme optional
optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
optional, not held information architecture optional
optional, not held information categorisation optional
optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
optional, not held unstructured data optional
optional, not held use query languages optional
optional, not held utilise decision support system optional
optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
optional, not held build business relationships optional
optional, not held cognitive psychology optional
optional, not held manage digital documents optional
optional, not held store digital data and systems optional
optional, not held use back-up and recovery tools optional
optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional

51 held skills the knowledge engineer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role 3D lighting knowledge
not needed by the target role 3D texturing knowledge
not needed by the target role Agile development knowledge
not needed by the target role CryEngine knowledge
not needed by the target role DevOps knowledge
not needed by the target role Frostbite (digital game creation systems) knowledge
not needed by the target role GameSalad knowledge
not needed by the target role Gamemaker Studio knowledge
not needed by the target role Havok Vision knowledge
not needed by the target role HeroEngine knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT performance analysis methods knowledge
not needed by the target role Project Anarchy knowledge
not needed by the target role Prototyping development knowledge
not needed by the target role RAGE (digital game creation systems) knowledge
not needed by the target role Rapid application development knowledge
not needed by the target role Shiva (digital game creation systems) knowledge
not needed by the target role Source (digital game creation systems) knowledge
not needed by the target role Spiral development knowledge
not needed by the target role Unity (digital game creation systems) knowledge
not needed by the target role Unreal Engine knowledge
not needed by the target role Waterfall development knowledge
not needed by the target role animate 3D organic forms skill
not needed by the target role application usability knowledge
not needed by the target role apply 3D imaging techniques skill
not needed by the target role augmented reality knowledge
not needed by the target role compose digital game story skill
not needed by the target role computer graphics knowledge
not needed by the target role create 3D characters skill
not needed by the target role create 3D environments skill
not needed by the target role create concept of digital game skill
not needed by the target role create digital game characters skill
not needed by the target role create software design skill
not needed by the target role design graphics skill
not needed by the target role design process skill
not needed by the target role digital game creation systems knowledge
not needed by the target role digital game genres knowledge
not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
not needed by the target role formulate game rules skill
not needed by the target role hardware platforms knowledge
not needed by the target role id Tech knowledge

11 further entries not listed here

23 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held business process modelling required
required, not held database development tools required
required, not held information extraction required
required, not held information structure required
required, not held natural language processing required
required, not held principles of artificial intelligence required
required, not held resource description framework query language required
required, not held systems theory required
required, not held business intelligence required
required, not held data engineering required
required, not held data science required
optional, not held ICT project management optional
optional, not held LINQ optional
optional, not held N1QL optional
optional, not held SPARQL optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held data mining optional
optional, not held decision support systems optional
optional, not held information architecture optional
optional, not held information categorisation optional
optional, not held unstructured data optional
optional, not held visual presentation techniques optional
optional, not held cognitive psychology optional

Index

Other moves recorded from digital games designer

Full index of moves from digital games designer

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.