Sumo Digital talk

I particularly enjoyed the Sumo talk as it really did put my mind at ease about the whole industry, or at least Sumo studios. The start of the talk did seem to reiterate everything we have already been taught and the programming side went over my head but one thing at the start that did interest me was the mention of a new studio opening in 2016. I asked about this but it sounded like it was going to be mostly comprised of programmers. This hasn't put me off as the studio in India is mostly comprised of artists but has recently started employing programmers over there. I'm going to assume that at some point they will be wanting artists there so if I am already on their radar I might get shortlisted.
The thing I found particularly useful which calmed me down was when they talked about the interview and the mentality of the company. I was rather worried about the interview as I knew they would be quite casual but that they would still have an exam feel about them. Apparently, or at least in the case of the Sumo their interviews are very relaxed and are more like conversations than interviews which put that part of my worry at ease. Another thing which helped was the mention of the whole mentality and attitude of the studio which seemed to be friendly and much like the one we currently have at university. This helped ease my mind as I was really worried about what would happen should I mess up in some way and how it would be received by the team. It seems that often it results in a simple 'it's alright don't worry about it' which I really like as that would be a big fear of mine going into the industry as so many people rely on each other and having a smooth work flow. It hasn't made me think that it's OK to screw up all the time but it has put to rest my fear of everyone's temper blowing up because of an accident. At least I hope so anyway.
On the whole I found Sumo's talk very useful and much more informative than some of the other talks. I really do believe that there should be more talks like these as they really do give good information and can allay any fears like mine, which is a motivational boost and that is something I think a lot of final year students could do with, just someone from industry coming in to say 'yes you can do it, you are good enough to join the company and if something goes wrong it's OK these things happen.' I can only hope other studios are like this.