[gameprogrammer] Re: Games Universities......

Hi all,

I am quite new to this community and I do follow most of your posts. I
seriously want to pursue a career in computer graphics/game development and
I need some advice regarding how to go for it.

I hold a bachelor of technology in computer science degree from one of
India's premier engineering institutes (IIT Guwahati) and am currently
working as a Java/Plsql developer in Oracle India Development Center at
Bangalore for almost a year now. I got recruited by Oracle from campus and
the job is great (considering pay) but nothing like what I wanted to do. I
thought of going for a masters in the same discipline this year, and I
applied to two universities in Europe (in the hope of obtaining a
scholarship in the time of recession, and also choosing a specialization in
CG) I got through both, viz. TU Eindhoven in the Netherlands and Linkoping
University in Sweden. But unfortunately I didn't land up any scholarship.
I'm still at crossroads now. I still think going for a masters is the best
choice that I have. And I will be in a better position to finance my studies
next year. What I'm worried about is what I'm going to do this year..

Does any of you know of any good university which might serve my purpose? As
in a great CG course? Do you think I should stick to my job now, (since a
two year stint in a company like Oracle is considered valuable for applying
to a masters course) or try to shift to a job more to my liking? Since I
have near zero experience in game development, I think it'll be more than a
little difficult to get a job in this field. I have good experience with C++
though not much with OpenGl. I'm also good in Algorithms, Geometry and
Physics and had also represented my institute in the ACM ICPC regionals
once.

Please let me know of what you think I should do, any little suggestion will
be of great help!

Thanks in advance.
Regards

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