🎉 Celebrating 25 Years of GameDev.net! 🎉

Not many can claim 25 years on the Internet! Join us in celebrating this milestone. Learn more about our history, and thank you for being a part of our community!

Back to Games Career Development

Need advices for my career planing

Xuefeng Dai · 2009-11-06T04:10:02

Hi, everyone! Here is the situation. I am a junior student of computer science in Nanjing University, China. And i wanna go to USA for a master's degree. What's more, i am so crazy about playing games and i want to be a game designer in future. So the first question is that in which area should i choose to study if i wanna be a game designer. In my view, i think that software engineering is the most related area. Moreover, it seems that no company will accept a person without any experience in game studio as a game designer. So i have been wondering what if i choose game programmer as my first job in game industry. And as a graduate from computer science, i think this may be an easier way for entering the industry. So, the second question is that how can i plan my career in future years? and what skills should i learn? I have been feeling so confused about those questions and this is time for me to decide my own way. SO i hope anyone here can help me out. Thanks!