Veteran in need
by James Underwood · in Jobs · 03/02/2006 (8:00 am) · 1 replies
I am a veteran in the process of going to school for game design it is important that i get in touch with as many contacts in the game community. I need some answers to some questions that i am required to have answered for the government vocational training program. if you answer and provide email address i will send you the questionaire and hope we can stay in touch thoughout my training and ask questions i feel i need answers on. As i am disabled and do not wish to relocate out of area i would be looking for contract work. i have many skills in art and learning more everyday i do not have a portfolio developed yet i want to mainly stay in the coding aspects of game design. i live in rushville, indiana.
i need these questions answered if you can please:
Employer name
Employer Address
Name of Contact
Primary purpose of Employment Site
How many people you have in your targeted area?
How often do you hire for targeted jobs
Do you often hire contractors to do the jobs?
Is industry expected to grow or not?
What software programming requirements and skills are needed for the jobs?
What is the average starting wage?
What is average salary after 1 year?
After 5 Years?
How many hours does the person usually work per week?
Do job descriptions exist for different positions and for contractors, if so what are they?
What are the physical demands of the job?
What are the Hardware/Software requirements to do the jobs in question?
Is there any Additional information you can add?
this is very important and your participation would be appreciated.
james underwood
i need these questions answered if you can please:
Employer name
Employer Address
Name of Contact
Primary purpose of Employment Site
How many people you have in your targeted area?
How often do you hire for targeted jobs
Do you often hire contractors to do the jobs?
Is industry expected to grow or not?
What software programming requirements and skills are needed for the jobs?
What is the average starting wage?
What is average salary after 1 year?
After 5 Years?
How many hours does the person usually work per week?
Do job descriptions exist for different positions and for contractors, if so what are they?
What are the physical demands of the job?
What are the Hardware/Software requirements to do the jobs in question?
Is there any Additional information you can add?
this is very important and your participation would be appreciated.
james underwood
Torque Owner Vashner
answer to some of those questions then you need to spend some time reading some books on game
industry and lot of the posts and plans here.
The physical demands. Well that's going to depend on your job duties but game programmer for
the most part is your typical office automation worker. Subject to long hours, RSI injury risks, high stress.
Hiring contractors.. hum since you where in the military heheh. Your talking double what the contractor makes. Some bigger game shops will outsource portions or do teamwork on projects. But game contracting is a lot different than anything you might be used to. Again we have buried here lot of posts on the subject. You'll need to dedicated a lot of time to reading up.
Sorry for picking on just a couple of those questions.
I can give you some personal advice. Find something to specialize in. 3d art tools are in high demand as an example.