Fred, sounds like Tim Mensch is your man :-) I am not a game developer and focus instead on business applications and how to deliver data to Android devices without doing a lot of Java coding (i.e. developing/discovering patterns). You can read about the concepts I am pursuing in the following article with my free/open source DynaDroid4i project: http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/developer/general/Meet-DynaDroid4i/
Aaron Bartell www.MowYourLawn.com/blog www.OpenRPGUI.com www.SoftwareSavesLives.com On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Tim Mensch <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/6/2011 7:32 AM, Fred Howe wrote: > > Hey Aaron - do you know of any good android developers who also have > > at least 3 yrs of java? I know of a start-up company doing some cool > > gaming projects. Pay is good. Let me know. > > It looks like you didn't mean to send this to the list, but I can't help > myself -- why would they be looking at three years of Java for an > Android developer? Most game developers I know have years of C/C++ > experience, and I would be far more confident hiring an experienced game > developer than hiring an experienced Java developer. > > Frankly, making the C/C++ to Java transition is pretty easy -- a few > weeks at most to get to 95%. But making the transition from non-game > programmer to game programmer can take months or years. And some > programmers never really figure out game development (I've encountered > several in that category with years of experience). > > Tim > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
