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Anon is 23 (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 75 points 3 months ago* (7 children)

Be me

Min wage job

Go to college for game programming in 2019, think ill be a game developer

Degree in '23

130k debt

Companies hiring Grok over actual programmers

Still only min wage job

MFW

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  • [–] 43 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    I don’t envy anyone trying to break into the games industry right now - you graduated at exactly the time all the investment left, layoffs hit, and jobs dried up.

    It’s hard enough trying to find positions right now if you have years of experience, let alone as a fresh grad with none.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Me in game dev school right now 🥲 Fortunately I have previous experience and while I'm studying for design I've already been a programmer for a number of years. I'll make it but yeah... Applying for jobs won't get me anywhere I'm gonna have to know a guy who knows a guy

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Ain’t that the truth. I’ve worked in games for about 15 years and almost every job I’ve had has been because I knew someone at that company already.

    Not saying regular applications without a referral never work, but the odds against you are astronomical.

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