a. Need to know what's the best course of action of getting a job with no experience...
b. My ultimate goal is to work at an indie company
c. or possible start my own.
d. My plan is as follows...
1. Apply for jobs (any in the CS field) while I'm in my last semester
2. Move to the states once graduated( live in Puerto Rico no jobs)
3. Find some crap job at target while still finding a job in my field to pay the bills
4. Get a job at any company that needs a programmer.
5. Slowly find a way to get into the video game world/field
6. See what happends from there...
e. I"m also wondering what kind of things would be good for a portfolio... I'm just wondering what projects should I start docking to make sure that my portfolio looks decent....
f. I'm not by any means a good programers
g. i"m lazy and partially unmotivated... But that's only when I'm working for myself. [/quote]
a. Apply for entry-level jobs (those are jobs that do not require prior experience). Do not apply for jobs that require prior experience.
b. I'm not sure what kind of company you mean. The word "indie" is used to mean a lot of different things. Do you mean a developer (as opposed to a publisher)? Or do you mean an amateur team?
c. If you're going to start a company, you should get an MBA and read FAQ 29 (see this forum's FAQs, above).
d. You're going to do ALL of those things??
e. If you want to get a game job, then you should make games. You should find a team of like-minded individuals and collaborate with them. You should also write some small programs of your own.
f. That is a problem. You need to improve your skills. That means you should get to work and write a lot of programs, maybe do that programming job you mentioned.
g. That is a problem. You won't be able to build a portfolio. I don't have any suggestions that can help you with this problem.

1. why would I need an MBA for a small scale company? Besides I have prior experience with business been running one with my father for 10 years already.
2. I don't fully understand that "you're going to do all those things?" remark....
3. what I mean by indie is an independent company such as the ones who made World Of Goo[/quote]
1. You did not mention before that you were familiar with running a business.
2. It read like a list of choices, not a coherent ordered set of events.
3. A company comprised of experienced game industry veterans. Step 1: get a job in the game industry; step 2: learn a lot about the game industry from the inside; step 3: save up a lot of money; step 4: quit when you and your partner are ready to go it alone. Read FAQ 29.