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Career Change

neon_glows · 2005-11-07 13:37:42

Heya Lads, Im on the move again after a two year certificate in commercial computing, really enoyed programming and im now hoping to get into the gaming industry by doing a games course in Carlow IT, just curious are there any potential employers in the game industry in Ireland or do i need to travel? And what is the…

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07-11-2005 2:37pm

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neon_glows

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Heya Lads,
Im on the move again after a two year certificate in commercial computing, really enoyed programming and im now hoping to get into the gaming industry by doing a games course in Carlow IT, just curious are there any potential employers in the game industry in Ireland or do i need to travel? And what is the starting salary like?

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#2 07-11-2005 3:38pm
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I'll be finishing up my PhD in about 6 months, and it's pretty much guaranteed that I'll be moving abroad in order to get a decent gaming job. There are a couple of jobs dotted around Ireland (see GameDevelopers.ie) depending on what your interests/skills are, but for proper experience in a major studio I don't really see any other choice.

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