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Apparently the "video game college is bad" take is going around. My experience with video game college was.....
- got an honors graduate degree in 4.25 years
- hella expensive
- learned a ton
- worked on some pretty cool student games with some cool people
- got an honors graduate degree in 4.25 years
- hella expensive
- learned a ton
- worked on some pretty cool student games with some cool people
here's a very condensed list of how I career laddered after that
- founder / lead designer on an indie project with classmates
- got ISTQB cert based on recruiter advice from GDC
- contract QA position from GDC referral
- cold apply to a full time job
- referral from GDC meeting
- founder / lead designer on an indie project with classmates
- got ISTQB cert based on recruiter advice from GDC
- contract QA position from GDC referral
- cold apply to a full time job
- referral from GDC meeting
outside of that first one, pretty much everything on that list was not directly connected to school. Ultimately I don't know how much influence being a college graduate or my student projects had in my career pathing
I do see value in my degree. I learned a lot at school and got to work on a bunch of cool things. I think it's really easy to look at resources on the internet or the "networking" buzzword and think that replaces a game dev college education....
did I learn a lot on my own? Sure. Have I learned a metric fuckton working on the largest game in the world. Absolutely! Would I be where I am today without game dev college. No I really don't think so.
I still spend a lot of time working with my Alma Mater. I've done Q+A and guest lectures with students there. I don't shit all over kids who actively want to attend game dev school. Everything I've tweeted out in this thread are the things I bring up when I talk to these students
It's real easy to look back and say "I dId It WiThOuT sChOoL" but I don't know that. I'll never know that. I have found value in my college degree and my college experience. I've also gained value and created value on my own.
It's not always black and white.
It's not always black and white.
