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| Name: | Anton Bursch |  |
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| Date Posted: | Mar 15, 2007 | |
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March 15, 2006 was the day I was hired by Big Time Games and began my career as a full time game programmer. Today is my anniversary. In this year I've gone from $10/hr to $30/hr. I've got my name on the credits for 2 published games. I've had the best time of my life. I've also had the biggest struggles of my life. I wouldn't trade this year for anything.
If you ever dreamed about this game development as your real job... I highly recommend doing whatever it takes to make that dream a reality. It's totally worth it. You'll work more than you ever have in your life, but you'll be happy. Also, it's great how fast you can give yourself a raise as you get more and more credits. :P
What's up for this year? So far... contracts for a soccer game and a sci-fi fps. I'm also doing prototyping work for games going on consoles like the Wii and 360! Very cool. I'm also doing some Flash game programming. Suprised by that. But games are games. Meanwhile... on my own... I'm making a space racing game with a couple artists I've met this year and a composer and I've got a studio interested in it already. I love this career!
Catch you all around the forums! Keep on Torque'n. You work hard enough... next thing you know... you're getting hired to make games with Torque. :)
If you ever dreamed about this game development as your real job... I highly recommend doing whatever it takes to make that dream a reality. It's totally worth it. You'll work more than you ever have in your life, but you'll be happy. Also, it's great how fast you can give yourself a raise as you get more and more credits. :P
What's up for this year? So far... contracts for a soccer game and a sci-fi fps. I'm also doing prototyping work for games going on consoles like the Wii and 360! Very cool. I'm also doing some Flash game programming. Suprised by that. But games are games. Meanwhile... on my own... I'm making a space racing game with a couple artists I've met this year and a composer and I've got a studio interested in it already. I love this career!
Catch you all around the forums! Keep on Torque'n. You work hard enough... next thing you know... you're getting hired to make games with Torque. :)
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Submit your own resources!| Todd Pickens (Mar 15, 2007 at 23:33 GMT) |
| J Lesko (Mar 16, 2007 at 00:21 GMT) |
| Tom Bentz (Mar 16, 2007 at 01:47 GMT) |
| Andrew Hull (Mar 16, 2007 at 04:13 GMT) |
Or, well... whatever. Congratulations man!
| Brian \\\"Cybore\\\" Smith (Mar 16, 2007 at 04:25 GMT) |
| Anton Bursch (Mar 16, 2007 at 05:20 GMT) |
Funny, I move to Seattle to that land of computers... and I've never worked for anyone here. Not as a business programmer nor game programmer. I've always worked remote since I lived here.
If I had any leads, I'd certainly send them your way. Keep your eyes out for the jobs that post in the job area here. There's a pretty decent flow of work that comes thru.
| Oliver Rendelmann - DerR (Mar 16, 2007 at 08:07 GMT) |
| Canon (Mar 16, 2007 at 08:38 GMT) |
| Michael Perry (Mar 16, 2007 at 12:31 GMT) |
| Clint Herron (Mar 16, 2007 at 15:39 GMT) |
--clint
| Chip Lambert (Mar 16, 2007 at 15:54 GMT) |
| Alexander "taualex" Gaevoy (Mar 16, 2007 at 16:26 GMT) |
even $30/h is not much for Seattle with their real estate cost...
Anyway, I started with $6/h :) 7 years ago... Happy times... :) Now, when I have a family, it gives you more preasure to earn more, and less opportunity to go indie on your own... :(
I salute you, Anton.
| Anton Bursch (Mar 16, 2007 at 19:36 GMT) |
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Anyway, I started with $6/h :) 7 years ago... Happy times... :) Now, when I have a family, it gives you more preasure to earn more, and less opportunity to go indie on your own... :(
The more I raise my price, the more I feel like I am making less and less. :P Definitely pressure to earn more and more. I pretty much did a starving artist thing to get this job. Now I have a few years to make up for. I won't be retiring early, that's for sure. :P
Edited on Mar 16, 2007 19:36 GMT
| Unsung Zero (Mar 19, 2007 at 02:48 GMT) |
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