MAP Esports’ own Sergio Gordon joins this episode of All In with co-hosts Lewis Johnson and Kyle Ary. Sergio shares his incredible story of how a massive injury in high school ruined his dreams of playing in the NFL, but eventually put him down the path of cyber security, where he now works with companies like Amazon, and of course MAP Esports.
Sergio also shares why cybersecurity is so crucial within the world of esports and the various factors he needs to be considering as MAP Esports builds a global brand. For those who are interested in eventually taking your love of esports to a full career, Sergio offers advice on how you can best study and get involved.
Full Episode Breakdown:
1:15 – Who is Sergio Gordon? A self described tech enthusiast, a lover of sports, and anything and everything competitive.
2:30 – Sergio will be creating a tech podcast for the Esports Futuri Podcast Network, and he shares what his tech podcast would include, specifically about Cyber Security, and why this is such a crucial topic for esports.
3:20 – Serigo discusses his father’s college and NFL career, and how that had an impact on him growing up and loving sports.
4:30 – How does a debilitating injury completely change the course of your life? Sergio talks about how his plans for the NFL were halted forever after one moment of using his arm to brace a fall in a game.
10:24 – What do you do when you’re told that if you continue to play football, you could completely shatter all of the bones in your arm? Well, if you’re Sergio, your play the last two games of your senior season, and he discusses why believing is so important.
11:53 – When Sergio made one of the biggest decisions of his life at the young age of 17, which was to continue to play football, with the risk of forever injuring his arm, or think more about his future and where he needed to go to achieve a long term dream.
15:03 – Sergio’s path ended up taking him to a community college outside of Dallas, and then landed him an opportunity to work with Amazon. He talks about how his love for technology led him down this incredible path.
18:56 – It all circles back to gaming. Sergio discusses the important role gaming took in his life. He also discusses how gaming helped to fuel his passion for technology.
22:41 – How did Sergio’s love of gaming and technology bring him to the MAP Esports family? He discusses how he got involved, and why his role within cyber security is so important.
27:15 – Why thinking globally is so crucial to any esports business, especially MAP Esports. Sergio discusses why this has been an important conversation from the inception of MAP Esports, and what they’re doing to ensure a great experience for all.
30:12 – What games does Sergio play? He discusses his love for Call of Duty, and other games he’s been playing.
34:10 – Interested in getting involved in the world of gaming? Sergio gives great advice to anyone considering stepping into this growing field and breaks down all of the various opportunities.
