C++ Workshop - Tutor List

Jeromy Walsh · 2006-08-23T14:54:32

Welcome to the C++ Workshop Tutor List!For information on the C++ Workshop, please go here. Introduction: Over the duration of the 21 weeks of the C++ Workshop there will be many questions asked and (hopefully) many questions answered. Unfortunately, not all answers are created equally. People tend to respond to questions for a number of reasons, not all of which are entirely self-less, and can sometimes even be dangerous to the learning process of those trying to absorb the information. Keep in mind that although your peers on the forum may be anxious and excited to help you, many of them may be learning the information for themselves, and not in a position to claim mastery of the subject. For this reason we’ve decided to establish a list of people we feel to be qualified tutors. People on our list are people we feel have attained a level of mastery such that their answers can generally be accepted as fact. If a person on the below list has answered one of your questions, you can feel relatively secure that the answers they are providing are correct, and can be trusted. With that in mind, writing effective C++ code is both an art and a science. Like any art, some parts of programming are subjective, style based, and should be relegated to people’s opinions. As a result, it is not uncommon for even experts or masters of the subject to disagree on what the “correct” answer is. If this occurs, just keep in mind that it’s entirely possible that BOTH are correct. For your particular purpose, either go with the answer most popular amongst the tutors, or apply the answers to the information you already know and try and determine for yourself which answer seems most appropriate. List of Tutors: Here is the list of people recognized by this workshop as official tutors. Jeromy L. Walsh (jwalsh) Jeromy began learning C/C++ in 1992/93 at the age of 12 when he picked up a book on the subject so he could begin making his own games. Shortly after learning to program he joined several MUDs as an engine coder using a scripting language called LP-C. He continued to develop his skills over the next 6 years and by 18 was writing 3D maze generators and wolfenstien clones. In 2002 Jeromy graduated from the University of Missouri – Rolla with a BSc. in Computer Science and a BSc. in Psychology. During his time at the university he worked as a Software Engineer for the U.S. Department of The Interior. After graduation Jeromy took a job with Liquid Entertainment where he worked on the camera system, minimap, and was the sole developer of the world editor for Lord of The Rings: War of The Ring. Afterwards he began development on the world editor and terrain system for Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard, but left Liquid before completion. Next, Jeromy worked as the Sr. Tools Programmer for Pandemic Studios’ NextGen tools department. While there he architected and engineered their nextgen world editor, worked on localization tools, created exporters for their 3rd party modeling packages, and created the Havok plugin for Softimage|XSI, which was later purchased by Havok. Jeromy earned credits on Star Wars Battlefront and Mercenaries while at Pandemic. Today Jeromy is the Technical Director of his own software company which he hopes will earn him enough residual income that he can start his own game company. Richard J. Fine (superpig) Richard started programming in ACORN Basic at age 4. He started C++ at around age 13, after having done several years of C. To date, he has worked with too many languages to name, including languages such as Haskell, Hypertalk, Erlang, and Pascal. At age 18, Richard got a job as a Junior Programmer for Rebellion and is credited on "Sniper Elite" (PS2, PC, Xbox) and "Rogue Trooper" (PS2, PC, Xbox). Leaving Rebellion after a little over a year, Richard is now a first-year undergraduate student studying Computation at the University of Oxford, and in his spare time, manages the GameDev.net software team. David Neubelt (ph33r) David started programming in QBASIC at the age of 9, and only a few years later he wrote his own a 2d/3d raycaster. By the age of 15 he was working at a Computer Programming camp teaching younger kids C. At the age of 17 he won his state computer science programming competition and received a partial scholarship. During the time he was getting his A.S degree in Computer Science from UCONN he worked as an application programmer in C++ at Multi-Seals. He finished up his B.S. degree in Game Development from Full Sail. Quickly entering the industry, he spent a year working on his first credited title Daxter which quickly became the best selling PSP game to date. Dave moved from the game play team to the engine team where he works on the next engine for a future title. In his spare time outside of work he develops his own 3d engine and contributes to different 3d graphics forums. Sean P. Henley (Sr_Guapo) Sean began programming in Q-BASIC in 1996. A year later, he received a copy of Visual Basic 6 and self-taught himself the intricacies of the language as well as using DirectX 8 for 3D graphics. He began learning C++ in 1999 and has been doing his work almost exclusively with it for the last 4 years. He has also experimented with several other languages, such as VB.NET, C#, Python, LISP, and Java. He has just finished his first year at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute studying Computer and Systems Engineering and Computer Science. Most of Sean's university work has been related to embedded programming (straight C) and various data structures (C++). In his free time, Sean prefers working on his various pet game projects, including a scene graph implementation and a flexible resource manager. He has worked with DirectX in its various forms for almost 8 years, but he has a learning knowledge of OpenGL/SDL as well. Stephen Roantree (Stephen R) Started learning to program at age 11, in 1998, with C++. No qualifications, but many years of experience using the language. Has finished several small games. Can also use Java, Visual Basic, C#, D, ASP, PHP, etc., the usual suspects. Starting college for computer science in October of this year. Ben Dilts (beandog) Ben began programming during elementary school in BASIC, and moved on to C++ in 1998 at age 13. Not too long after, he discovered and joined GDNet. He has finished several game projects in C++, including a Worms clone, a space shooter, a networked top-down-view shooter, and an RTS. He has worked professionally as a non-game C++ programmer (among other languages) since age 17 for Estari, Inc; eFileCabinet, LLC; and now as CTO of Zane Benefits LLC. Applying to be a Tutor: To apply to be a tutor simply post on this thread with a brief bio in paragraph form describing your education, work experience, and how long you’ve been programming in C++. In short, follow the example of the people who have already been chosen as tutors for this workshop. As a general rule, only apply to be a tutor if you are an established C++ programmer with 5+ years of experience. If you can say with relative confidence that you’re an ‘8’ on a scale of 1-10 in terms of C++ proficiency, then it’s probably safe to post a bio. If, however, you’ve been programming for less than 5 years or are still learning the language, it might be better to refrain from applying until you’re more comfortable with the language. Additionally, the existing tutors of the workshop will be paying attention to the responses given by the general community. If we see people consistently posting in a manner we view as evidence of mastery, we’ll let you know and ask you to post a bio. [Edited by - jwalsh on June 12, 2006 1:43:40 PM]

CPP Workshop Workshops

Started by JWalsh May 19, 2006 01:49 AM

17 comments, last by samanime 17 years, 7 months ago

ph33r

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May 23, 2006 11:11 AM

David Neubelt

David started programming in QBASIC at the age of 9, and only a few years later he wrote his own a 2d/3d raycaster. By the age of 15 he was working at a Computer Programming camp teaching younger kids C. At the age of 17 he won his state computer science programming competition and received a partial scholarship. During the time he was getting his A.S degree in Computer Science from UCONN he worked as an application programmer in C++ at Multi-Seals. He finished up his B.S. degree in Game Development from Full Sail.

Quickly entering the industry, he spent a year working on his first credited title Daxter which quickly became the best selling PSP game to date. Dave moved from the game play team to the engine team where he works on the next engine for a future title. In his spare time outside of work he develops his own 3d engine and contributes to different 3d graphic forums.

[Edited by - ph33r on May 25, 2006 12:11:40 PM]

Emmanuel Deloget

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May 24, 2006 02:54 AM

I suppose that if I want to be a tutor, I have to own the book, right? (sounds rather logical)

-- Emmanuel D. [blog, in French] [blog, very bad googlized translation]

xEricx

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May 24, 2006 07:59 PM

Quote:Original post by Emmanuel Deloget
I suppose that if I want to be a tutor, I have to own the book, right? (sounds rather logical)

I'd prefer to see knowledgable guys like you tutor in parallel using another book than a "newcomer" using the book. No disrespect to anyone intended.

Anyway, most books cover the same topics in different ways, so it could always be helpful for really dedicated learners to say, have two tutors using different sources?

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rpg_code_master

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May 27, 2006 06:06 AM

Richard J. Hughes

Richard has been programming since the age of 8. He started with basic web pages using markups such as HTML and XHTML. He then moved on to &#106avascript only a few months later. During his early teenage years, he learned and refined his skills in both C and C++. For the past 8 years, Richard has created numerous applications, games and engines in the C++ language using various APIs such as the DirectX API set, OpenGL, FMOD and many more. His engines have included many different features, such as full plug-in support for all API's, fileformats and gameplay, fully customizable scripting systems, revamped standard libraries and 2D/3D support. Over the more recent years, he has ventured into professional game code by creating 'mods' for games like Half Life and Half Life 2. Now working at MBR IT Solutions Ltd., Richard has a professional background and a professional 'take' on programming.

In his spare time, Richard is the lead programmer for Blackwater Software working on a 3D multiplayer Action/Adventure RPG using the Torque Game Engine, heading a team of 4 programmers.

He is currently studying at the Open University where he is working towards a BA/BSc Computing and Mathematical Sciences. This will last around 5/6 years. Last year, Richard graduated from Northampton College where he studied a BTEC National Diploma for IT Practitioners (Software Development) with the final grade of DDM (equivalent to ABB at A-Level).

[Edited by - rpg_code_master on May 29, 2006 1:06:02 PM]

taby

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June 27, 2006 02:51 PM

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[Edited by - taby on November 16, 2007 12:51:46 PM]

dave

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July 18, 2006 04:18 PM

Hey all,

David lovegrove
David Lovegrove has taught himself C and C++ from scratch as a hobby for 5 years. He was the only student in GCSE Computing and A-Level Computing to program something in a low-level language.

David has just completely is 3rd of 4 years at university where he is studying Computing For Real Time Systems. This course presented a C++ module, for which he proved to be the strongest in his class. David also trained to become a PAL (Peer Assisted Learning) leader for the 1st and 2nd year C++ students.

David Lovegrove has also taught himself a solid knowledge of the DirectX API from scratch for the past 3 years and endeavours to help fellow programmers on these boards with it alongside Native C++.

Other language experience:

- Pascal
- C
- C#
- PHP
- MySQL
- &#106avascript - JSP - Java - Basic Dave

Deyja

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July 21, 2006 07:49 PM

Have you stopped accepting tutors?

Anthony Casteel (Deyja)
Anthony was first exposed to Basic at 10 when he discovered BASICA on his family's IBM PS/1. Several years later he began modding for the game Jedi Knight, using it's C-like language COG. He moved directly from modding into Java, and then into C++ in 1998. In his senior year of highschool, he taught his own Programming II class for three weeks while the teacher was on vacation. After graduating, he was accepted to Digipen in Redmond Washington, but couldn't get federal grants because Digipen failed it's accreditation, and has since gotten caught in an entirely unrelated career.

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JWalsh

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July 24, 2006 10:34 AM

No,

We've not stopped accepting tutors, as help is always appreciated. But at this point it takes more to be a "tutor" than simply posting an application in this thread, it requires weeks of posting on the C++ Workshop forum to demonstrate both your expertise of the area, and also your willingness to see the project to the end.

Too many people volunteer their time only to have their name shown in lights in time for them to make their exits or extended leave of absence.

Cheers!

Jeromy Walsh
Sr. Tools & Engine Programmer | Software Engineer
Microsoft Windows Phone Team
Chronicles of Elyria (An In-development MMORPG)
GameDevelopedia.com - Blog & Tutorials
GDNet Mentoring: XNA Workshop | C# Workshop | C++ Workshop
"The question is not how far, the question is do you possess the constitution, the depth of faith, to go as far as is needed?" - Il Duche, Boondock Saints

Deyja

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July 24, 2006 04:13 PM

Ah. I was under the impression that you had to be a listed tutor to actually be allowed to post in that capacity. Is there then any purpose to the 'official' tutors beyond your endorsement of their answers?

Quote:Additionally, the existing tutors of the workshop will be paying attention to the responses given by the general community. If we see people consistently posting in a manner we view as evidence of mastery, we’ll let you know and ask you to post a bio.

I read this of course, but interpretted 'general community' as 'everywhere but here'. :)

http://jemgine.omnisu.com

samanime

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August 23, 2006 02:54 PM

I hope it isn't too late to become a tutor. Well, here goes...

Christian L. Snodgrass
Christian began programming at the age of 9 with QBASIC. Shortly after that, he moved onto learning and creating web sites with HTML. Began using &#106avascript as well as other server side programming languages, primarily PHP and ASP. At the age of 13, as a freshman in high school, he began learning C++ with the book "Sams Teach Yourself C++ 21 Days (Third Edition)". Shortly after that, also began learning Java while keeping up with the ever evolving standards of web design. Won 1st in Region for both as C++ and Java, and 2nd and 3rd place at the state level in a programming competition. Now 19, he is currently enrolled in his 2nd year of college at Eastern Kentucky University, seeking a dual major in both Computer Science and Mathematics.

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Edit: 08/24/06

Well, looks like it is too late to become a tutor, but I still plan on sticking around and helping when I can. This is a great workshop and I've recommended (well, maybe "forced" is a better word) to some people I work with that they should go through this.

[Edited by - samanime on August 24, 2006 12:54:26 PM]

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