Graduated in 2019 with a major in Contemporary Writing & Production. Principal instrument: piano.
Position: XR Curriculum Developer and Instructor at The Glimpse Group, a Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality firm which purchased Gregory’s previous employer, XR Terra. They offer courses in 3D engines which work on a browser, both for students and for professional programmers. Gregory spends around 1/3 of his time in front of students, with most of the remainder spent creating curriculum, including using AI to develop roleplay situations used in training home health aides.
Overview: Gregory went to Berklee interested in video game scoring, though that wasn’t a major at the time. While at Berklee he built an app where one used movements of one’s body to control music. Staying in Boston, Gregory worked in a hardware store for two years for money, but he really wanted to break into tech, XR in particular. During this time, Gregory went to every local VR meetup and was a co-organizer. Indeed, that paid off, as someone at XR Terra recommended Gregory for some gig (tech) work. Over the next year and a half this grew to the point where in early 2022 it was full time and Gregory left his hardware store job.
Gregory’s job as moved form all training toward more curriculum development as he gaind experience. He also published that body movement music app, under the name Rave Gazebo.
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You can see Gregory’s LinkedIn profile here.
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Choice Quotes: “Troubleshooting just makes me feel smart, as I get to draw on years of experience then talk people through problems and save them hours of work. I get to answer weird questions, solve the puzzle. Curriculum development, I’ve gotten really good at creating these step-by-step guides, minimizing the number of clicks required. Being really efficient about it. Not only do I have to demo this live, but then they have to do it as well, so each click eliminated makes things much easier. I’ve gotten good at this, plus creating .gifs where people click on-screen, those step by step guides have been super useful for when people don’t have me there. I use my own guides as well. I’m really proud of the work I do, that it’s useful to me as well as to my students.”
“Musicians in tech tend to solve problems before others even realize there are problems.”
“At that Harvard/MIT/Berklee collaborative course the Berklee kids always became the team leaders. They knew the creative process. The constant iteration, aking criticism with grace, and using the feedback to improve. Perseverance and knowing you can keep improving something until it’s good. And yeah, you get real work ethic out of Berklee. When I did the first version of Rave Gazebo at Berklee folks didn’t really like it, so I improved it.
You can figure out what you want to commit to, but it really helps to just show up and be known as a person interested in the stuff you’re interested in. You get jobs from friends, and you get friends by showing up over and over. After college, the only friends you make are the ones you make by showing up over and over, not the first time but maybe the 5th time people talk to you. Go Find your people–the people interested in the same stuff as you. Expecially these days, with AI, it’s soul-sucking trying to just apply to jobs. It’s much better to know people where when their employer needs someone…you want to be one of the competent people your friends know. You have to actually be friends with them, enjoy spending time with them. People will want to hire the folks they like.”
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