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flopsy · 11-10-2008, 04:54 PM

I recommend majoring in CS/CSE/EECE. You need to know CS 111 material for low-level programming and the vector/matrix material from Math 33A is everywhere in the engine. Higher-level stuff, like marketing, design and scripting don't require a specific major; most of the game programmers I worked with got their B.S. in Computer Science but the designers and scripters came in with North Campus degrees and/or worked their way up from QA. Helping to sell the product is a tougher one; I don't know what the qualifications for game marketing are.

11-10-2008, 04:54 PM	#4
flopsy Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sherman Oaks, CA Posts: 8,245	I recommend majoring in CS/CSE/EECE. You need to know CS 111 material for low-level programming and the vector/matrix material from Math 33A is everywhere in the engine. Higher-level stuff, like marketing, design and scripting don't require a specific major; most of the game programmers I worked with got their B.S. in Computer Science but the designers and scripters came in with North Campus degrees and/or worked their way up from QA. Helping to sell the product is a tougher one; I don't know what the qualifications for game marketing are.
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