[gameprogrammer] Re: Welcome new members!
- From: Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:05:01 -0800
To add my same story to the pile...
I too am self taught, with no college degree.
In high school I spent all my time coding games and apps for fun / to
learn and read tons and tons of books on all sorts of various subjects
in the computer science world.
I'm just now hitting my 10 year mark as a professional programmer, the
first 5 years were business programming jobs, and these last 5 years
i've been working as a video game programmer.
I'm currently working at a huge company in seattle and loving it (and
am preforming comparable to my co-workers with degrees).
Tons of personal projects over the years lay unfinished just like you
guys, I sort of feel like they were learning experiences that helped
me learn enough to get to where I am at today (:
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Richard Sabbarton
<richard.sabbarton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What I find interesting is the similarity I see with my own career. I
> am also self taught and also have a vast array of stalled projects
> (learning experiences) that never really made it off the blocks. I
> didn't go on to college or university and have worked my way up to a
> Lead Tech role in Operations for a Software Company. I don't write
> code for a living but I do work with the development team regularly.
>
> For me, the most difficult thing is motivation to complete a project.
> When you hit a problem or writers block or even coming back to
> something after a break it is hard to make the time. In fact, I would
> say that the chatter on this list is a regular poke to get me going
> again and help me remember that the reason I am doing this is because
> I enjoy it.
>
> Just my 2p...
>
> Richard
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Harrington, Timothy
> <tharrington@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Thanks - I actually saw it as inspirational and refreshing as well as
>> eye-opening for the younger audience.
>>
>> Thanks again, Vince!
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gameprogrammer-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:gameprogrammer-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vince
>> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 1:51 PM
>> To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: Welcome new members!
>>
>> I don't mind if you share it. As I read over it again I think it sounds a
>> little depressed, which wasn't my intent, but the facts remain the same.
>>
>> Vince~
>>
>> --- On Thu, 11/18/10, Harrington, Timothy <tharrington@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Harrington, Timothy <tharrington@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: Welcome new members!
>>> To: "gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Thursday, November 18, 2010, 6:11 PM
>>> Vince, there is a great story of
>>> lessons learned in this "novel" of yours - would you mind if
>>> I shared it with students. I'd of course change your name to
>>> protect your innocence! I'm often asked to talk to high
>>> school and early level college students about pursuing
>>> programming, and programming for game and simulation
>>> especially. Your story really tells the reality of the
>>> pursuit best.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Tim Harrington, Ed.Dc.
>>> National Assistant Dean
>>> College of Engineering and Information Science
>>> DeVry University
>>
>>
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