AI and How Teams of People Build Big Things Together

Big things — movies, video games, pizzas — get made because lots of people each do one part well.

Some examples

• Ask AI: 'Who works on a video game team?'
• Ask: 'What different jobs are there at a pizza shop?'
• Even a single book has writers, editors, illustrators, and printers.

Try it!

Ask AI to list everyone who helps make your favorite snack — from farm to store.

Every product you love was made by a team

Think about your favorite video game. There was a team of artists who drew every character and background. A team of programmers who made the characters move. A team of sound designers who created every sound effect. A team of writers who wrote all the dialogue. A marketing team that made the trailer. A QA team that played the game hundreds of times looking for bugs. And a producer who coordinated all of them. No one person did all of that — and the finished game is only possible because each person did their piece well. Companies organize these groups into departments: engineering (builds things), design (makes things look right), marketing (tells people about things), sales (sells things), and operations (keeps everything running). Understanding how teams divide work helps you understand why joining a team — at a company, at school, or at a hackathon — makes everyone stronger than any single person could be alone.

• Engineering: builds the product or software
• Design: makes sure everything looks good and is easy to use
• Marketing: tells the world about the product
• Sales: turns interested people into paying customers
• Operations: keeps all the other departments working together smoothly