Most companies that will hire you already know how the rules of the game are going to go. You just have to implement them. You are not going to be hired out of

Most companies that will hire you already know how the rules of the game are going to go. You just have to implement them. You are not going to be hired out of the gate as a "game designer". You will be a "game programmer". The designer is going to tell you want needs to happen and you just make sure it works.