Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Phil Gooch Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Advice needed! Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 17:25:36 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 30 Message-ID: <35C88780.94270C08@nospam.easynet.co.uk> References: <35C8656E.EC8288B0@nospam.easynet.co.uk> <35C88521.2DCE3E9@scee.sony.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.131.140.246 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) James Russell wrote: > As for the degree, some employers consider it gives you a lot of credibility. Not only does it mean > that you know the fundamentals, it also shows that you can stick out 3/4 years at university, which > many people don't/can't. I would say that most people who went to university believe that most of > what they were taught was out of date and impractical, but that it did give them a good grounding in > the fundamentals of the software engineering process and the linear algebra required for 3D work. > > Cheers, > > James I've already got a non-computing first degree which did contain maths and physics, and I've got 2 maths A levels, but I've forgotten most of that! I was hoping that the MSc would give me the credibility to get a wider range of jobs. Until recently I wanted to get into the 'multimedia industry', if there is still such a thing, but all the agencies want commercial experience or a recent multimedia graduate. Now I'm not so sure. The people I've met in the games industry seem like a really nice bunch of people, but people I know in the multimedia/numeeja industry have mostly been arrogant c***s. I suppose I'm a traditionalist and still think that 'you've got to get your qualifications before anyone will take you seriously'! Cheers Phil