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Originally Posted by JerzeeGirl
A quick question - my little brother (just turned 18) has only one passion in life & if you guessed I was going to say video games, you'd be right. I think he'd enjoy a career in the field but isn't sure where to start/how to break in. Do you have any suggestions as to the best way to get started? I assume a comp sci degree is required somehow but am not sure really.....
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When I was looking to get into the gaming industry (late 90's, early 2000's), one thing that all the gaming studios i was looking at wanted, was a comp sci degree. Lacking a comp sci degree, they would ask for examples of stuff that you had worked on, on your own.
There are also a few gaming specific schools out there:
Digipen (is that still around?), full sail, art institute of toronto(?), but I am not sure how well received those are in the gaming industry.
I guess another way to at least get your foot in the door is to work as a game tester, then work your way up from there.
There is also the "gaming community" route. ie: company releases a game, and an SDK for the game that you create your own mods for. I know of a few people (not personally) that have done this (guys who create Counter Strike for Half Life being one) and gone onto careers in the gaming industry.
That's all I can help with unfortunately, I am sure SoTF may be able to come up with some more.