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A Master's In CS or a Master's In Game Programming?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the career-choices dept.

Rustcycle asks: "I'm attending the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, which has just announced that they are offering a Master's Degree in their Games and Media Integration (GMI) program. There is a fair amount of overlap between the GMI curriculum and the CS courses, so I'm considering a switch in degrees. If you were hiring MS grads outside the game industry for visualization work, am I worth more to you with the more specialized program or would you be more interested in me if I had more exposure? Within the gaming industry, how much does a specialized degree compel a company to hire a recent grad?"

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  1. You idiot by cheesekeeper · · Score: 0, Troll

    You idiot. If you're going to bother getting a degree, get a degree. If you're just trying to learn how to make games, go to trade school.

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    Best read in good ol' Monaco 9 point.

  2. c) none of the above. by mcmonkey · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you were hiring MS grads outside the game industry for visualization work, am I worth more to you with the more specialized program or would you be more interested in me if I had more exposure? Within the gaming industry, how much does a specialized degree compel a company to hire a recent grad?"

    How about going back to suck on your momma's teet for a few more years until you're ready to make your own decisions?

    Nothing wrong with asking advice, but you're not asking which path might match your interests. You're asking which piece of paper might look better to some hypothetical employer at some point in the future.

    Let me find my crystal ball...oh yeah! I don't have one! Neither does anyone else here. So no one can answer your question. You think one field is hot, so everyone who doesn't know what to major in goes to that field. Then when you graduate there's a glut and you're S.O.L.

    How about you say, these are my interest, these are the types of classes I want to take. Is there a degree program to match those?

    If there's any hope of avoiding the troll mods, here is the answer to your question. Best degree to help you get hired? MBA and learn Chinese.