Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "James Burns" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Jobs for a Student Hobo Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 11:52:31 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 103 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.219.49.222 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 This is good timing then! We're looking to do interviews at the end of April, so get your CV's in quickly. Send the CV's to myself with a covering letter/email to James_Burns@scee.net Cheers James JOB DESCRIPTION TITLE Special Projects Programmer DEPARTMENT Special Projects LOCATION 30 Golden Square REPORTS TO: Producer of Special Projects DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW SCEE's Special Projects Department produces demo discs for PSone and PlayStation®2 for PAL territories. 125 titles were produced in 2003. Special Projects is responsible for interactive design, video-graphics and editing, and graphic design, in support of the Marketing Department. The department is expanding to support the PS2 Broadband Network project. MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The successful candidate will be working in a small team of 2 programmers, 3 artists and 2 producers on a variety of interactive 2D, 3D and video projects, primarily for PS2, and related marketing activities. Who are we looking for? Someone with at least 1 year's relevant experience on PC, ideally PlayStation®2. You should be fluent in C. Any knowledge of the following languages would also be useful: a.. C++, Java or another OO language b.. XML c.. Assembler A good understanding of maths and 3D graphics techniques is important. Personal Qualities a.. Determination a.. Flexibility a.. Good team working and communication a.. The ability to organise and discipline yourself "Andrew Murray" wrote in message news:b63uuu$rtd1@www.netyaroze-europe.com... > By May I will have finished my Honours degree, I would be looking for a job > after graduating (or possibly doing another degree if things don't work > out). I would prefer a job as that means I won't get into any more debt and > I would'nt have to sit any more exams. > > The course I'm on is not as much about the 'science' of cumputing as I would > have liked it to be, hence if I don't get a job I'd be doing a Computing > Science degree. My current course if called Computing (Games Development) - > notice the brackets? These make a bigger difference to the course content > than you'd think. > > I'm basically worried that I have wasted 2 years on a worthless > qualification. > > I'm looking for advice: > > Has anyone else felt the same way (about wasting time on a crap > qualification)? > Does anyone know a development studio willing to take on a determined, hard > working good all rounder? > Or should I take a year out to build up a portfolio of work, possibly a demo > that will help me get employed? > > Thanks all, > Andy. > >