[gameprogrammer] Re: GAME School
- From: "Alan Wolfe" <atrix2@xxxxxxx>
- To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 08:42:07 -0700
even though alot of companies will see "game programmer" and maybe think "oh
hes not a serious programmer", you have to remember, game programming is
some of the most intense programming there is.
think about the difference between writing an app in VB that has a GUI
interface that records phone numbers and addresses.
Now compare that to a 3d game that uses oct trees, LOD rendering, dynamic
shadows and lighting and is networked.
or even compare that to a 2d tetris clone.
if you can code either of those, you blow any business programmer away and
have the skills to program just about anything else IMO.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Jenkins" <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 11:31 PM
Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: GAME School
> I think a game programming school can be beneficial for a game programming
> job. But you might want to think farther ahead in your future. A degree
in
> CS is a qualification for most programming jobs. If you wanted to work at
> Intel for example, the specific education you get for game programming
> probably won't give you as broad of a base as a CS or SE degree and they
may
> not accept it as equivalent.
>
> Game programming can be great fun and a great job if you find a good
> company. Unfortunately, all but one of the companies that I have worked
for
> treat programmers as... well programmers. The upper management didn't
share
> the fun parts of making the game and didn't seriously consider any other
> group's input. This is probably how you will wind up, and in my opinion
it
> doesn't make sense to work for such a company. Why assume the risk, low
> pay, long hours, and pressure of working for a game company without the
fun
> part?
>
> Even if you find a good company, many jobs are being outsourced to the
> lowest bidder, such as India, Russia, etc. It's much harder to find a job
> than even a three years ago and what is left is less desirable.
>
> The path I took was to get a degree in SE, and at the same time teach
myself
> what I needed to know to program games. I got enough fundamentals to get
my
> first job. The only thing I would change if I could go back in time would
> be to pay more attention in certain of the classes I thought were useless
at
> the time (esp. linear algebra and unix internals). I'm glad I didn't go
to
> a game programming school, because with such poor job security I'm glad I
> have the credentials to work outside the gaming industry if I need to.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tristan drago" <tdrago19@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 10:59 PM
> Subject: [gameprogrammer] GAME School
>
>
> > I feel strong about going to UAT (university of technology) in tempe az.
> They give you an option between which classes you choose for your
bachlors.
> for instance they offer both game desgin and game programming. Now i have
> the choice to select 70% game programming 30% game designing, i can do
this
> also like 60-40 50-50 etc. Now I"ve been reasearching on becoming a game
> programmer for a couple of years now, ive decided to go for it. is there
> advice i can have about the class difficulty? and about the job in itself?
> anything please!......thankyou. ps. UAT seems like a good
school....what
> you say? and should i just go 100% game programming?
> >
> >
> Tristan Drago
>
>
>
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