[gameprogrammer] Re: Grumble gripe... my class was canceled.
- From: Bob Pendleton <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:51:44 -0500
On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 08:38 -0700, Alexa Pongracz wrote:
> I would love to be able to take a class like yours. Have you
> considered an on-line class...just because there is nothing like that
> where I am and if there were I still have to work...just a thought
Yes, I have considered it. If I thought I could make money at it I would
do it in a minute. What would it be worth to you? Lay out what you
expect to learn and then figure out what you would be willing to pay and
let me know.
Bob Pendleton
>
> On 9/1/06, Bob Pendleton <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> As many of you know I teach a class on game programming at
> Austin
> Community College. There are even a few of you out their who
> have taken
> it. For the first time I can remember it was canceled because
> not one
> student signed up for the class. I have had classes canceled
> because
> their weren't enough students, but I have never had zero
> students sign
> up for a class. The next day I read a student game postmortem
> linked off
> of slashdot that said that one of the problems they had was
> that they
> couldn't get enough programmers to join the project. It seems
> there were
> very few programmers in that school and the programmers were
> all busy
> doing their own projects.
>
> I checked at ACC and I see that all the art, design, and
> production
> classes are full, or nearly full, and that the programming
> classes are
> all empty, or nearly empty.
>
> I asked Bob McGoldrick (my boss at ACC) about this and he says
> that yes,
> most of the students are in the design track. He has trouble
> getting
> students for the programming track and they don't stay around
> very long,
> they take one or a few programming classes and then they leave
> the
> program.
>
> Now it could be that my class sucks and the word of mouth
> about it has
> made people refuse to sign up for it. OTOH, my evaluations by
> the
> students who take my classes mark me as one of the most highly
> rated
> teacher in the program. Way above the ACC average.
>
> So we have a pattern where there are lots of students learning
> game
> design and production and very few who can write the code, or
> even the
> scripts, needed for a modern game engine. Sounds like this is
> creating a
> great opportunity for game programmers. It also support the
> pattern I
> have seen in the past; there are lots of programmers who can
> do art and
> 3D modeling but very few artists who can do programming.
>
> Oh well, I have two nights a week free that I wasn't expecting
> to have
> free.
>
> Any comments?
>
> Bob Pendleton
>
> P.S.
>
> Yeah, this is a person grumble about the state of the world. I
> really
> love teaching my classes at ACC and it disappoints me when
> they get
> canceled. Anyone in the Austin area interested in a game
> development
> study group?
>
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