My career compass to becoming a video game DEVELOPER By Sara stevenson
Your short term goals Graduate high school with 70-100% for all grades Make it into a university
Why do you want to pursue this career? I love playing video games I'm interested in computers
Your long term goal The first job I could take is a play test, which you can test the games and cretic it. The second job is a junior programmer, I do code work under senior programmers. The third job is a senior programmer/ designer The fourth job could be a project manager
Describe the skills, attributes and characteristics I have to be creative Be willing to learn new things and take others ideas Be a team player because I would be working with a bunch of people
Years of education need for becoming a video GAME DEVELOPER I have to go to a university so it will take 4 years
Salary of a video game developer Salaries typically start from $45,320 and go up to $129,700
Give a brief job description and in detail explain why this job is well suited to you Video game developers are involved in the process of creating entertaining and interactive video games. This includes developing a story, designing the layout, writing the computer code, optimizing the artificial intelligence, and creating music, graphics, and 3D animation sequences.
Identify what post-secondary education requirements you will need to pursue this occupation For game design programming jobs I would need to go to a university.The education requirement is typically a bachelor's degree in video game development, computer science, software engineering, mobile application development, game & simulation programming.
Choose one specific post-secondary program and list: Institutions name: Art institute of Vancouver Program title: Visual & game programming Length of program: 18 months Admission requirements : High school diploma Required courses: computer science, art history, studio art, graphic arts and website design Tuition fees: it costs $41,286.00 for the whole course
Identify potential hurdles to your educational and career goals, and strategies to overcome these obstacles This course is very expensive. With it being so much money I could apply for multiple scholar ships. Not having the courses from high school to pursue this career. I could research the certain courses I need and I could do some extra work if I cant do the courses I need.
Day in the life of a video game developer https://youtu.be/YrYs_9lEGyY