Great Article About Upholding Your Reputation in the Gaming Industry

It is true, once you start college you are being judged from day one by your professors. Some students may want to goof off in school and have a huge social life and not focus on their school work. Well, the competition is already hard enough among the people who are avidly crafting their skills and applying themselves, so if you are not focusing in school you should have not attended in the first place. The whole reason why you are attending school is to prove yourself to your professors, as they are supposed to be connected to the gaming industry and will give you a referral whenever studios come looking for college graduates. You also want to prove yourself to your fellow students, and the students that are working hard gravitate to each other: so if you are not friends with or in the crowd of the rockstar students in your game development courses, you are probably doing something wrong. You should always make them your friend and work with, learn from, and collaborate with them. They will be the most likely to transition into a real job once they graduate, and will want to refer you if the studio they are working for is looking for new hires. These relationships last forever and you want the best people to have the best impressions of you.

A quote from my book, "4 years of hard work for 40 years of enjoyment are better than 4 years of enjoyment for 40 years of hard work" is true: if you want to slave at a regular job and regret the rest of your life then blow off college and don't expect following your dreams or goals that you have set out at an early age. Sure, you can always change this later in life, but it will be exponentially more difficult with more responsibilities--such as having kids or a home mortgage to have to pay for. It's hard to go back to school once you have been dependent on a full time job for years. This is why college is the prime time for you to work your hardest and really learn as much as you can because you have freedom and time to do it.

I just read this article by Zuby Ahmed and I must agree that it is 100% correct and I have hit on all of these points in my book. It is good to hear it from a different perspective, though. If you want to find out how to truly make the most of your schooling and how to keep up with the rising demands of the video game industry, then take a few minutes and read it.

http://careers.guardian.co.uk/get-ahead-video-games-industry

-Ken