I used to be a lead programmer in the UK games industry and interviewed many many graduates from Games courses. I didn't find a single programming candidate tha

I used to be a lead programmer in the UK games industry and interviewed many many graduates from Games courses. I didn't find a single programming candidate that understood basic alrorithms, memory usage, embedded programming or compilers. The courses are simply not up to scratch. That being said, the UK games industry is always moaning but it does little or nothing to help. Ask academics and they will tell you: that the industry doesn't help shape the courses at all, it's impossible to place students for work experience and many graduates who do find work leave the industry after their first game as it quite frankly sucks.