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How Would One Start A Career In The Gaming Industry?

Posted by Cliff on from the career-initialization dept.

Bullschmidt asks: "I'm currently a second semester senior at MIT. I will be graduating this term, and I'm looking to get into the gaming/computer graphics industry. I will admit that I have little experience with the gaming industry. I have done some 3D programming for NASA, as well as some for a small computer graphics company. I have taken the only graphics class at MIT, too. So how do I, a soon to be graduate from a high level school, get into the gaming industry, which typically requires 2-3 years experience for almost any job?"

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  1. My approach by bedel231 · · Score: 4

    For a long time I have wanted to be involved in the games industry, and i face even worse prospects than you, I am in Australia, I am in a school that doesnt have a name like yours. I and a number of other core people who want to work in the industry set up the Newcastle (AUS) University Computer Gamers Society (http://cgs.wox.org), whilst we do play a fair amount of games what we also try to develop links between developers over here and people looking for Digital Entertainment careers. Its been hard work trying to be noticed, but after 2 years its kinda working. For the first time our school will be helping us this year, and not just our student union and we hope to have some deve,lopers come out and look at potential jnr employees and talk to us. We also visit every event involving game development we can. I think what we have been doing is working. I dont know if its going to be a solution for you though. OH and if you are a game developer, or some one else who might be interested in helping us out please contact me here bedel@dingoblue.net.au