Game industry questionmarks

[Skjalg]

I think things are slowly, but steadily changing. As mazy also pointed out, studios are taking in fewer and fewer interns, especially straight from high school (18 year olds). The games industry has grown out the parent's basements and into the schools.

Or at least its getting there...

[Puddy]

Not yet I think. Not when it comes to "game education" anyway, where many of the schools are crap from what I've heard (many, not all).

Those that can't they teach, eh?

However, real science degrees I think is a great help. As I said in a previous post I'll take 6/12 months off and then go off and grind through 4 or 5 years to reach said degree.

[Sentura]

Not yet I think. Not when it comes to "game education" anyway, where many of the schools are crap from what I've heard (many, not all).

Those that can't they teach, eh?

However, real science degrees I think is a great help. As I said in a previous post I'll take 6/12 months off and then go off and grind through 4 or 5 years to reach said degree.

i think there are many degrees that aren't about "real science" that can still help. i don't believe in game schools per se, but i believe in good practices that are applied by the industry as well as schools. last semester our class was entirely dedicated to iterative development. getting into the mindset of a production and a team is much more important than any skill you can learn otherwise, and i predict that is part of what will be sought after when the industry realizes what potential a university can give for learning.

[rockdude86]

so im going to attent qantm college for a day the 19th just to see whats possible there. i agree that practice makes perfect so to say but since some of us *me* dont really have the time to really plunge into what they would like to a school is THE solution.

[Taylor]

I would advise applying somewhere sooner rather than later. I didn’t seem to have any hiccups, but sat on my hands for years before going for it.