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VG Careers: Be an Engine Programmer
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Tags: video games, profession, career, job, engine programmer
Don't want to do anything but play video games for the rest of your life? This may be the job for you.
| | What?: Write the software that makes video games run. |
| | Salary: $60,000 to $80,000/year |
| | Demand: Huge |
| | Typical Day: Write a culling program to find and eliminate unnecessary pieces of art. Make video games automatically reduce their level of detail when they run on a slow computer. |
| | How to get the gig: Should learn C and C++, the programming languages most often used in the industry. Many jobs also require assembly language.
Standards change quickly in the industry; need to learn new languages and techniques throughout careers.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, cognitive science,or electrical engineering. |
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