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From: macsuppor@a1.nl (DEnnis Brinkhuis)
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Subject: Re: Advice needed!
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 17:13:10 +0100
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Phil Gooch <philg@nospam.easynet.co.uk> wrote:

> Trying to decide what career path to take/attempt.
> 
> I currently work in IT Support. I do a little bit of programming (VB,
> Perl, Omnimark/SGML). Am bored at work. Have been teaching myself C over
> the last 6 months. Got into the Yaroze about 3 months ago, though have
> only started writing stuff for it in the last couple of weeks.
> 
> I've got a place on a MSc in Multimedia, part time, 2 days a week.
> Course is mainly Java, with Director, HTML, Javascript, Object-oriented
> design, Interactive Systems design etc. I'm going to be working the
> other 3 days.
> 
> Trouble is, what I really want to do is games. I can't make up my mind
> whether to do this MSs (which is 2 years long and could be out of date
> by the time I finish it) or concentrate on the Yaroze and games
> programming in general and try and get a job in the games industry. Or
> should I try and do both?
> 
> Anyone have any useful advice?
> 
> Phil


This looks like me!!!!!

I'm doing a fulltime study Interaction Design (wich looks a lot like
your study as you describe it) and in 2 years I'm supposed to have a
MA-degree. But I'm totally fed up with this study. I want to get into
the games-industry as well. Not as a porgrammer, but as a (games)
designer. I think that the Net Yaroze is a much better study for me than
my daytime study.
At this moment I still don't know if I will get on with school the next
year or not. When I look in the advertisement-section in Edge I see more
requests on experiance than on a degree.

DEnnis...