Hello, I'm currently in High School and looking for a career in programming, and my dilemma is this: Game programming or Software Engineering? I have heard the horror stories of terrible hours and bad job security in game programming. But I haven't heard much about software engineering. Please enlighten me. If anyone is in the industry, salary figures would be good too. :P
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Jump to Post"I have heard the horror stories of terrible hours and bad job security
in game programming."Its nothing compared to the joy one gets when making games (not to be Cliché).
Jump to PostGood for you. Stay on Honors Science and Math all the way through High School, get your Calculus and Physics wrapped up so you can slide right into a University Engineering program. You'll then need to decide to go Computer Science, or Computer Engineering, or other Enginnering fields such as …
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