I'm a highschool senior looking at going to Full Sail for Game Design courses. I'm thinking of focusing on programming, but heard that there is currently no future in that due to saturation. I'd like to know what you all think (especailly those who are profesional programmers already) about job availability in the Programming field, specifically programming for game companies. I'd really prefer NOT to 'job-screw' myself.
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Jump to PostI think there is a big future, my father is a programmer for living and what they need is actual experienced people. you have to be better than the rest, who cares about saturation, if you are good you will get by.
Jump to PostOk.
Game development is complex. There are lots of positions.
Usually QA is the easiest place to start.Graphics programmers work on the game engine itself.
There may be several game engine teams - one for Windows, One for XBOX. Depending on the platform, development is usally in C++, …
Jump to PostGame development will burn you out very quickly.
Game companies hire very young people fresh out of college and university for a reason, and that's because experienced people aren't going to work themselves to death (sometimes literally) for a rather meagre salary.Expect 12 hour work days as standard, …
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