hi, ok so if you did not get a degree in programming and you know so much, why is it that employers require you to show a degree? or have one? What's so special about that paper if you can just as easily learn stuff on your own? Heck you could teach blind game programming at a university for blind people if you wanted to couldn't you?
Josh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] lower than bsc ok for games? > Hi Ari, > No, a person does not need a college degree in computer science to learn > to program games. You can usually learn that stuff on the internet if > you know where to get the materials, and if you can find a language that > you can understand. I know Jim Kitchen uses Visual Basic 6, because for > him it is easy enough to use and learn. For me I learned C++ in college > so I've never had a problem adapting what I know in C++ to languages > like Java, C-Sharp, etc that are based on a C++ style mottle. > As I mentioned in previous emails before a service such as > safari.oreilly.com > has just about everything a new developer could want. If you want to do > C++ it is there, if you want to learn C--Sharp it is there, if you want > to know Java it is there, if you want to learn to program a A.I. it is > there, etc. > Truth be told I have learned more outside of college than in college. Oh > sure, I learned to write simple calculators in C++, how to make a simple > ATM type program, build a custom database in SQL, etc but that didn't > give me the skills I have today with Montezuma's Return, STFC, and now > Mysteries of the Aztecs. > Everything I know about Visual Basic .NET, C# .NET, Java 6, etc I > learned outside college. I simply paid for the b ooks on Safari, read > them, did some sample programs, and got enough understanding in them to > begin applying it to my projects. No degree was handed to me for those > languages, but I learned just the same. > > > ari wrote: >> Actually Jim, I think what you've just said is probably some of the most >> encouraging stuff for someone like him, because I think many people, even >> myself had this notion that you need to be this absolute BSC-type, flying >> through a whole degree in college type of person. I'll talk to him about >> this, because I think that we always picture people like Thomas and you >> as >> like having these major degrees in computer science, and, really, this >> will >> probably not just be thrilling for him, but even for me as well! >> Ari >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.7/1283 - Release Date: 2/16/2008 > 2:16 PM > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
