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Guildhall at SMU Game School -- How is it?

Posted by Cliff on from the first-hand-experiences dept.

Needanewnick asks: "I heard and read about the Guildhall, and I was wondering if anyone could relate their experiences from it? I've heard that many so called Game Development Schools don't really do much for preparing the student for life in the industry. Does the Guildhall address this very well? What are post graduation job possibilities? Basically, is this worth the tuition?"

3 of 24 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I was at the Guildhall for a while by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    So, is the 'you can work your way up from the mailroom' tale true or not?

  2. Re:I had heard..... by mrzaph0d · · Score: 2, Funny

    unless you're rich, you're not gonna get them anyway. throw in the fact that you're "studying computers" and you're 0 for 2.

    trust me, i've known enough of them..

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  3. Re:Look at game developers payscales by ckessel · · Score: 2, Funny
    Lets just say the paycuts were extreme (of course their happiness increase was extreme as well).

    Yea, because damn, my life goal is to to make 1/2 what I do now, work twice as many hours, and still have some PHB tell me to ship 3 months before it's ready so he'll make a bonus that's worth 5x my annual salary.

    If it weren't for the naivete of youth, the game industry woulkdn't find much of anyone that wanted to work for them.