I would highly suggest putting together your portfolio while you pursue additional schooling. You mentioned you made some flash games but that they aren't that special. Polish them up and show them anyway! That shows personal commitment. With as many lazy people I have worked with and have unfortunately hired, I place a high value those who are hungry and want it bad enough to work on their own projects.
As a side note, I got my first game job partly becuase I had a degree but mainly because I had a demo to show - it was a little 3d race-track building app. It didn't do much but looked kinda neat.
If you want it, don't give up!
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Quote:Original post by LifeSkill
well, I wasn't really talking about the merits of the education. I'm simply talking about the piece of paper you get at the end. I can handle the learning on my own
Quote:Original post by Jonnys
I agree that the bit of paper at the end is all that matters.
I don't. The piece of paper matters in getting past the filtering process, but what really gets you the job is the portfolio.
And the piece of paper from the online school might (depending on the person doing the filtering) not work quite as well at getting your application to the next step. I did say in one of my columns, "don't worry about appearances," but in regards to the resume-filtering process, the online degree doesn't carry the same weight. Once your spectacular portfolio wows them enough to get you a job, none of that stuff matters any more.
But the person who acted as his own teacher probably didn't teach himself all the stuff that he'd learn in a normal real-world campus environment, and if it turns out that he's not that good an employee because of that, he could well lose the job, and now the resume is weakened thereby.
Quote:I don't. The piece of paper matters in getting past the filtering process, but what really gets you the job is the portfolio.
I was referring to the fact that the classification of your degree has more weight than the school/university you go to. I would agree with your point, a degree gets you an interview not a job.
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thanks for the advice. I'm probably going to end up at Full Sail learning game design. I'll definitely keep working on my portfolio. the only problem with my flash games is I made them in CS4 and CS3 when I had trial versions, but that expired so now I can't go back and edit them. I'm still learning flashdevelop, hopefully this will allow me to polish them
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