Article: APPOINTMENTS: Life's a serious game for Peter; My First Step To Success Laura Davies meets PETER WALLACE, computer games designer.(Features)

Byline: PETER WALLACE

YEARS of playing on generations of computer consoles paid off for Peter Wallace when he applied for his first job in the games industry.

But he followed a meandering path to finally find himself in his current role as a producer for one of the world's most popular racing titles.

Having left SacredHeart School, Crosby,and completed an engineering BTec at HughBairdCollege,Bootle,he had begun an engineering course at Nottingham Trent University. However,on a trip to theUS to visit his sister he was offeredajobas a carpenter and did not return to Britain for two-and- a half years.

Finding himself jobless,Mr Wallace ...

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