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Ask YN: Can this portfolio get me anywhere?
Unity3D C# programmer. Degree is "Game Development" and not mainline CS. Portfolio is here: http://lhylton.weebly.com
I'm honestly looking for any programming work; though since I'm obviously most qualified for Unity/C#, I don't heavily expect to be given a chance in anything else without diversifying my portfolio and making more of my current work open source.
- theworstshill 11y agoAsk /g/. Edit: and /vg/
- Bcadren 11y ago4Chan? You're joking.
- theworstshill 11y agoBrutal honest opinions. Noone here is gonna bother replying anyway. The snake game in your portofilio was cool btw. They're all far professional but for an indie, its good.
- Bcadren 11y agoYea they are all prototypes (coded in less than a week; never polished or completed into full games). 3-Snake was a cool CONCEPT; but when I actually made the game work it...wasn't really snake anymore; adding the extra degrees of freedom made it lose all of the puzzle portion of the challenge and feel like a dodging game.
- pvg 11y agoAre you perhaps thinking that all programming positions are as scarce and difficult to get hired for as game development ones? Because that's not the case at all. For general programming work, you're in the same starting place as anyone else recently out of college and with a technical education. Most don't have much trouble finding work without the benefit of a portfolio or a fat github profile.
- Bcadren 11y agoWell, I think in non-game positions I have the issue of... My degree says "Bachelor of the Fine Art of Computer Game Design". I -am- a programmer obviously, but both I'd need to diversify languages I know in order to hit the ground running on day one...AND...I'd probably need more developed gitHub to prove I'm actually a programmer; since the degree isn't something non-Games HR departments would necessarily pay attention to.
- pvg 11y agoI think you're overestimating the 'issue' of this degree. People get into programming without CS degrees, without technical degrees, without any degrees. If all you knew was, say, Processing then something more would probably be helpful. But you have experience in one complicated technology (and I don't think Unity is really any less complicated than your typical web stack) and a popular, widely-used language. You're ahead of the game and perfectly qualified to start looking for your first programming job. You're right that you might have a hard time getting past the keyword-filtering recruiter or HR department but those are lousy ways to find a job anyway - look for smaller companies where you can get in touch directly with the people doing the hiring, get to know people in the business who can introduce you or put your resume in the right hands for consideration, etc. This isn't to say that there's anything wrong with expanding your portfolio, your skill set and your professional online profile. But it's not a pre-requisite for programming work - on paper, at least, it looks like you're all set.
- Bcadren 11y agoAny advice on doing that networking route when physically distant from the location for now?