guys, sry for asking again, but I have another off-topic question. I found one small studio that has an internship position and the requirements are pretty light and I pass them.

I have a 3d first person shooter made using c++ and opengl (modern) where you just kill enemies and spawn them with f1. There is no AI, bots just follow you wherever you go. I have phong shading and shadows, but my shadows are displayed like big squares, because the way I decided to do the shadows is to render the scene from the sun's position to another framebuffer, and then just use the depth values to compare if a fragment is in shadow, but the problem is that my sun is too far away and I can see all the squares that make up the shadow, they are too big. And the collision boxes are only AABB and I use rayAABB intersection to check if I've hit someone. I wanted to do more stuff but I spent one month loading skeletal animation, I don't know why it took me so much. And that is my whole game. But I kind of feel really pessimistic about that because there are a lot of guys that are in a game related degree and will probably do stuff that is a LOT better, but my friends want me to try, but it would take me too much time to polish the CV and the cover letter and was wondering if it's worth it.

Should I even bother to write a CV and post it, or is it better to do my courseworks and leave that internship?

frob isn't trying to scare you off. His points are extremely valid. That is the reality of how the hiring process in any computer science related field works.

It's not just computer science, either, it's the reality for pretty much every halfway desirable field.

codeBoggs,

You should consider changing your perspective. Yes, you've gained most (if not all) of your technical abilities outside of school. Congrats, but there is still so much more out there. If you're having such an easy time, then start stacking things up until you are challenged. 3 years + another 2-3 for masters? Why not do it in 3 years flat? They won't stop you from taking more courses. Talk to your professors, to an academic advisor, tell them you need more. If the technical side doesn't have any more fruit for you to gather, why not get a secondary degree in business (or art). Both would help a LOT with game development. If you're bored, it's because you've made yourself bored. Fix that. Also, college is one of the VERY few times you will constantly find yourself surrounded with people who have the same interests. Network, make friends, challenge them and let them challenge you, and stay in touch with them even after school...getting a good job is also knowing the right people or making the right impressions.

Do you have anything on github? Most employers will ask that for programming jobs, or ask for you to show them something that you're working on. The number one thing they look for is passion, with skill secondary (that's how you know you've found a good place to work).

So you have all this time on your hands because you're not going to class...use it. You won't have that again when you actually have a job and you HAVE to spend 8 hours there...and you have a family...then there is no time outside of work. Build what you want your career to be NOW, because later is a much harder option.

-A

3 years + another 2-3 for masters?

54k pounds straight out of college, no.

Don't know how it is where you live, but my vote is to take as many internships as you can.

Promit, but I need to qualify for that internship, why would they just take anyone, I need to have some skills, right? And to show some code?

Sorry codeBroggs, that recommendation for getting a masters as well was simply an example of what you could do if you crammed your schedule and what you could get if you did that way (and how quickly).

So, there are other options out there too. For example https://www.42.us.org/. There was an article in arstechnica about it a couple months back...you would find EXTREMELY driven people there, and it is in a highly skilled talent pool (that's if you went to silicon valley...they have other schools open in europe as well I believe). Look at those options as well...and ask yourself, 'how hungry are you'?

Also, Norman is spot on, but there are other ways too. If you begin making a brand for yourself, and helping other people (not just in class, but online, doing blogs, sharing code, you know...repaying back the community that you learned it all from, because 15-20 years ago...those communities weren't nearly as developed)...so, helping your competition can also be to your benefit too (just no cheating...that is a reputation killer right there).

you should never help others cheat. the sad fact is you're in a competition against your fellow students if you're graded on a curve. every buddy you help get a better grade makes your awesome grade stand out less. and in the future, you might just find yourself competing against one of these same people for a job. And you - like an idiot - helped your competition graduate so they can take the job you want?

Haven't thought about that. (just a little bit), but I don't compete with other people, it's too much pressure. If someone takes my job, I'm happy for him. I will work something else, I think. I don't want to see the world that way. But I know the people I'm helping, and if some one of them takes my job, at least I'll have a good laugh at the company. But maybe you are right, who knows, time will show.