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Hello,
Im a soon to be graduate of a Game Programming and Development Degree and id like to take the time leading up to graduation brushing up on things that college may not have taught me. I plan on going into a programming role, what are some things I should look into, knowledge you found very crucial to know going into your career, or things you wish you'd known before starting your career?
Tom Sloper said:
Moved to the Career Development forum.
There needs to be a Class Assignment forum.
ED: I'm not sending a PM or making a forum request for one. It's a rhetorical statement, if there is such a thing.
@Tom SloperThank you for moving this, I apologize for posting this in the wrong forum, I should have looked a little harder for where to post this.
mruckman said:
take the time leading up to graduation brushing up on things that college may not have taught me
Never stop learning. Computers change at a very high rate. You'll be obsolete in 20 years if you don't maintain and expand your knowledge. Prepare for live-long learning.
@Alberth Thank you for the advice! Thats exactly what I'm doing now, as far as I can tell by the time college has taught me something it's outdated so I'm going through each class I've taken and looking into whether that knowledge is still current or if there are better methods, outside of that just looking to fill in potential gaps.
Networking is one of the most important things. I have friends that bounce form studio to studio and sometimes end up back at studios that let them go years before. All because of the networks that they have created.
anna1 said:
This is really cool and effective advice! It can be applied to any field, but programming, computer, and information technology are developing at an unstoppable speed.
