I’m a game programmer who moved to Canada recently and I have the opportunity to start over. I’ve been a hobbyist game dev doing small projects so far. I decided to get an industry job but haven’t found any success. I made small games in Unity and decided to switch into Unreal Engine but don’t have any portfolio projects in Unreal yet.
I looked at portfolios at people who have been in the industry and I realize that what they have that I don’t are projects which they can showcase and prove that they can do their jobs. So since the start of the year, I’ve been working on a project (Hunter Assassin but in 3D) to put on my portfolio. Where I’m limited with these projects are my technical skills as I’m still learning the engine so my first question would be how to improve that?
Today though, a friend of my parent advised me to go back to school and get a diploma in Cybersecurity as I’d be able to find work there and it would be a good thing for me moving forward instead of being stuck. I also wonder which would provide me with more long term stability as that as also important to me
TLDR: How can I improve on my Unreal Engine skills and general understanding of stuff like data structures and algorithms? Should I switch over to Cybersecurity after completing my Comp Sci degree considering how the job market is?
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r/cscareerquestions I’m a game programmer who moved to Canada recently and I have the opportunity to start over. I’ve been a hobbyist game dev doing small projects so far. I decided to get an industry job but haven’t found any success. I made small games in Unity and decided to switch into Unreal Engine but don’t have any portfolio projects in Unreal yet. I looked at portfolios at people who have been in the industry and I realize that what they have that I don’t are projects which they can showcase and prove that they can do their jobs. So since the start of the year, I’ve been working on a project (Hunter Assassin but in 3D) to put on my portfolio. Where I’m limited with these projects are my technical skills as I’m still learning the engine so my first question would be how to improve that? Today though, a friend of my parent advised me to go back to school and get a diploma in Cybersecurity as I’d be able to find work there and it would be a good thing for me moving forward instead of being stuck. I also wonder which would provide me with more long term stability as that as also important to me TLDR: How can I improve on my Unreal Engine skills and general understanding of stuff like data structures and algorithms? Should I switch over to Cybersecurity after completing my Comp Sci degree considering how the job market is? submitted by /u/EddieSauceKing [link] [comments]
I’m a game programmer who moved to Canada recently and I have the opportunity to start over. I’ve been a hobbyist game dev doing small projects so far. I decided to get an industry job but haven’t found any success. I made small games in Unity and decided to switch into Unreal Engine but don’t have any portfolio projects in Unreal yet.
I looked at portfolios at people who have been in the industry and I realize that what they have that I don’t are projects which they can showcase and prove that they can do their jobs. So since the start of the year, I’ve been working on a project (Hunter Assassin but in 3D) to put on my portfolio. Where I’m limited with these projects are my technical skills as I’m still learning the engine so my first question would be how to improve that?
Today though, a friend of my parent advised me to go back to school and get a diploma in Cybersecurity as I’d be able to find work there and it would be a good thing for me moving forward instead of being stuck. I also wonder which would provide me with more long term stability as that as also important to me
TLDR: How can I improve on my Unreal Engine skills and general understanding of stuff like data structures and algorithms? Should I switch over to Cybersecurity after completing my Comp Sci degree considering how the job market is?
submitted by /u/EddieSauceKing
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