Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Chris Wallace" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: What skills required for todays industry Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 00:27:02 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: host81-156-197-40.range81-156.btcentralplus.com X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Hi Greg, Sounds like you already have much of what it required, although I'm hardly an expert on the matter! Most of the consoles still use C++, although by the looks of things Sidhe has been making XBox live games so theres a fair chance that they could be using C#. I would say however that the people who seem to last the longest are those who are able to socialise with others within the company and be able to talk to others on the team about issues etc, although thats probably pretty much the same with all jobs. If I were looking now, I would probably do what I did before. Go to any games based careers fairs and talk to companies direct. Send out CV's to companies, or at the very least e-mail them and ask if they have any job openings. If you are looking to stay where you are, that may make it more difficult as it will reduce the number of companies you can ask. Realy, I don't think it's any different to getting a job anywhere else, but a passion for games realy helps! Chris "Greg Cook" wrote in message news:ftfejh$4v71@www.netyaroze-europe.com... > So im thinking about a career change, im currently a technical team leader > for a MS Windows Mobile dev company, working in the logistics and service > industries. Lots of C#, sql, web etc.. > > Just wondering how one would jump into the gaming industry. Locally we > have companies like Sidhe, but just wondering if anyone in the industry > could provide some pointers around the skills required now days :) > > Cheers > greg