Exercise 16.4: Internship
If you are a student, an internship is a good place to
start. Go to the career center on campus or visit their
Web site and look for postings. Another option is to
approach game companies directly and ask them if
there are any internship openings.
QA
The most common paid entry-level job is as a QA tester.
The pay is usually low, and the hours can be long,
but it is a decent way to start your career because
QA testers are exposed to the whole development
team. You will be writing bug reports that go directly
to the programmers, artists, and producers. Managers
might take note of talented QA testers because many
of them started in QA themselves. When production
teams are being built for new projects, some companies
will give a good QA tester who has paid his dues
consideration over an outsider. More importantly, QA
testing gives you front row seats to the development
process. You will get to see games evolve and come
together from early builds to the ?¬? nal release.
Pitching Your Original Ideas
that stage of your career, it is worth understanding
the process so that you can anticipate what you will
have to do when you do get to that point.
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