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From: "Mark Naylor" <reaper65@x-stream.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Work in the UK.
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 00:32:14 -0000
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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"Toby Sargeant" <toby@fulcrum.com.au> wrote in message
news:38B1D4E9.1D8C059B@fulcrum.com.au...
> Well, it's finally happened, Lisa and I have decided that it's time to
spend
> some time working abroad. We've decided on the UK, and as I've always
wanted to
> do some games programming work (the games programming industry is rather
small
> in Australia) this seems like an ideal opportunity to do just that.
>
> I'm a British national, so I don't think there'll be any bureaucratic
issues to
> cope with.
>
> Anyway, I was kind of hoping that some people could make some suggestions
on a
> few fronts.  We really don't have all that much idea of what to expect
from the
> UK, so it would be good to get an idea of things like:
>
> * what kind of salaries are offered for games programmers?
> * what a recommended minimum living wage is to support two people?
> * where it would be best to consider living (both in terms of jobs, and in
>   terms of environment)? We've heard that London is very expensive, and
>   also rather polluted...
> * which companies would people recommend as being fun & challenging places
to
>   work?
> * what is the IT (specifically games) job situation like in the UK at the
moment?
>
> Also, are there any online resources with useful information that we can
> look at?
>
> Hopefully by August, I'll be able to meet some real life yaroze members.
:)
>
> Thanks heaps,
>
> Toby.
>
> (Just in case, here's a quick experience summary)
>
> * BSc
>     (major: comp sci)
> * BComp hons
>     (thesis: constraint based graphic editor)
> * MComp (completed by June)
>     (thesis: parallel logic programming extensions to java)
> * competitions:
>     1st, ACM south pacific regional programming contest
>     5th, ACM international collegiate programming contest (Phoenix,
Arizona)
> * languages:
>     C/C++/Java/Python/Perl
>     x86/68k/MIPS assembler
> * platform experience:
>     amiga,psx,unix,windows (Win32/DirectX)
> * programming experience:
>     3d/graphics/lowlevel OS&HW programming/networking/parsers/compilers/
>     web&cgi/databases/numerical algorithms/constraint
solving&optimisation/