We hosted another How to Break Into the Industry Panel, hosted by Masao Kobayashi, this time with a focus on Programmers in the WorkWithIndies Discord server.
Hear from our panel of guests as they talk about their background, the challenges they face, and what you need to get that first programmer job.
Guests:
Jack Porter
Faareha Khalid
Bobby Anguelov
[.c-highlight]You can listen to the full audio recording above! We’ve broken down all the questions and topics below so you can get a nice feel for what was discussed[.c-highlight]
Questions / Topics
- Introductions
- What kind of educational background do our guests have? And what education would give someone the best odds of entering the game's industry?
- How do you demonstrate that you can do the job when its your first ever job in games?
- Competitions & hackathons
- Networking; what are good ways to network and also what are good things to remember when networking?
Audience Questions
- What level of C++ is needed to get into games programming? Are interviews as technical as traditional software interviews?
- How do you pitch yourself to game dev jobs when the software you use is seen as "second class" vs industry standard?
- What do you think would be good ways to present work on a portfolio site that doesn't require downloading the game or diving into code?
- Wrapping up and any final thoughts/comments/words of inspo from our guests!
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