Should I learn game coding ?

[Trabaho]

So I stopped working since 1.1.2025. By design. Now I have to pick my next career. Did about 10 years of security. Look at me I´m tough, but security in Germany is mostly being bored, underpaid and having long shifts and at random times. I never gotten into a fight at work. Did dodge a bullet just a few times. Not a literal, Europe guns are illegal. Never did bouncer. That´s it´s own category. AMA bout security jobs in Germany btw.

So now I´m unemployed. I didn´t work since 16.12.2024. Am getting bored. And my task is to decide what I wanna learn, than I go to the agency of work and they test me and see if it makes sense for me. Lady who is my "Fachbearbeiter" gave me a month time but said I can contact her earlier. I think I spent enough time playing videogames. That is the plan or the desire. Video game coding aka "Game Programer" there is also "Game Designer". On the official list of things which can be learned. Which is a super wide list. I mean straight up I been staying up ALL night till 8 9 AM and sleeping the day and do it again, I´m twisted. So pulling a all nighter today, didn´t sleep my guys, it´s 10:26. Occasionaly went to the gym at 4 in the morning. It´s time for chaos. Controled chaos.

So game designer is whatever, I like programer. Cause I feel I understand game design already. I wanna learn coding and one day team up with some graphic designers and release a videogame. One of my 3 life goals and dreams since forever. Other was to be a K1 / UFC champ and musician.

So I summon the force of Jesus with this song



do you sherdoggies think game programming is the shit ? Should I just dive into it ? Or should I first try to write some code. Unity or what is the quickest program called to do it.

And making my own game is a side main job, working jobs careers always was the side quest anyways, it´s for money and social and experience. If I learn game programing I can just normaly get hired and earn money, I don´t gotta make a successful game.

So drop your prayers and wisdom up onto me

let´s tag @maximus__ up in this

I got no kids financial obligations. I get 60% of my average salary of the last 12 month and they give like 150 euros extra if I start a education to keep me motivated. Health care is free for everyone who is legaly here. I mean it´s my continent. I think the educations are 2 years durations, they squeeze 3 years knowledge into 2. Though I don´t know the details bout game programing duration. 50% of it has to be present in school, 50% can be from home.

What should I do

 

[PBAC]

research fields that won't be consumed by AI and get training in them

 

[Trabaho]

research fields that won't be consumed by AI and get training in them

I wish AI would let me just create a video game

However I need to do something now for work, I don´t care about in 10 years

but thanks for the contribution

 

[Flower2dPeople]

Ask the Aussie who made facepuncher.

@facePuncher7

 

[Michaelangelo]

How is the job market where you are? Make a resume with that education and see what hits you get back. Don’t think this would be an easy entry even for experienced game programmers in the current climate.

 

[chardog]

wtf is "game programmer"

should it be "programmer" that specializes in gaming? sorta like doctors and their specialties?

if you're a programmer, there are a lot of opportunities and the pay can be good to excellent. You're basically paid to solve problems, so you better be good at problem solving.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

@lsa made Call of Duty when he was a kid

 

[djacobox372]

I wish AI would let me just create a video game

However I need to do something now for work, I don´t care about in 10 years

but thanks for the contribution

10 years? AI is already taking engineer jobs.

 

[PaddyO'malley]

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[Versez]

So I stopped working since 1.1.2025. By design. Now I have to pick my next career. Did about 10 years of security. Look at me I´m tough, but security in Germany is mostly being bored, underpaid and having long shifts and at random times. I never gotten into a fight at work. Did dodge a bullet just a few times. Not a literal, Europe guns are illegal. Never did bouncer. That´s it´s own category. AMA bout security jobs in Germany btw.

So now I´m unemployed. I didn´t work since 16.12.2024. Am getting bored. And my task is to decide what I wanna learn, than I go to the agency of work and they test me and see if it makes sense for me. Lady who is my "Fachbearbeiter" gave me a month time but said I can contact her earlier. I think I spent enough time playing videogames. That is the plan or the desire. Video game coding aka "Game Programer" there is also "Game Designer". On the official list of things which can be learned. Which is a super wide list. I mean straight up I been staying up ALL night till 8 9 AM and sleeping the day and do it again, I´m twisted. So pulling a all nighter today, didn´t sleep my guys, it´s 10:26. Occasionaly went to the gym at 4 in the morning. It´s time for chaos. Controled chaos.

So game designer is whatever, I like programer. Cause I feel I understand game design already. I wanna learn coding and one day team up with some graphic designers and release a videogame. One of my 3 life goals and dreams since forever. Other was to be a K1 / UFC champ and musician.

So I summon the force of Jesus with this song



do you sherdoggies think game programming is the shit ? Should I just dive into it ? Or should I first try to write some code. Unity or what is the quickest program called to do it.

And making my own game is a side main job, working jobs careers always was the side quest anyways, it´s for money and social and experience. If I learn game programing I can just normaly get hired and earn money, I don´t gotta make a successful game.

So drop your prayers and wisdom up onto me

let´s tag @maximus__ up in this

I got no kids financial obligations. I get 60% of my average salary of the last 12 month and they give like 150 euros extra if I start a education to keep me motivated. Health care is free for everyone who is legaly here. I mean it´s my continent. I think the educations are 2 years durations, they squeeze 3 years knowledge into 2. Though I don´t know the details bout game programing duration. 50% of it has to be present in school, 50% can be from home.

What should I do

You should train to be a full time sherdog moderator on sherdog forum.

 

[avenue94]

I don't work directly on the games industry but adjacent and know several folks in it. Job market in the US has been pretty awful recently for games and recovery isn't around the corner. It's also uber competitive to get your foot in the door. Money is good but hours will suck bad, depending on project stage.

Do what you like, but just my viewpoint on the industry. Also I have no idea what Europe is like atm for game devs.

Also game design is very different from what you think. Playing games and understanding them is not the same as actually building them.

 

[PaddyO'malley]

You should train to be a full time sherdog moderator on sherdog forum.

all due respect fam wi cyaan all be winners reality is real broski look it up

 

[facePuncher7]

So I stopped working since 1.1.2025. By design. Now I have to pick my next career. Did about 10 years of security. Look at me I´m tough, but security in Germany is mostly being bored, underpaid and having long shifts and at random times. I never gotten into a fight at work. Did dodge a bullet just a few times. Not a literal, Europe guns are illegal. Never did bouncer. That´s it´s own category. AMA bout security jobs in Germany btw.

So now I´m unemployed. I didn´t work since 16.12.2024. Am getting bored. And my task is to decide what I wanna learn, than I go to the agency of work and they test me and see if it makes sense for me. Lady who is my "Fachbearbeiter" gave me a month time but said I can contact her earlier. I think I spent enough time playing videogames. That is the plan or the desire. Video game coding aka "Game Programer" there is also "Game Designer". On the official list of things which can be learned. Which is a super wide list. I mean straight up I been staying up ALL night till 8 9 AM and sleeping the day and do it again, I´m twisted. So pulling a all nighter today, didn´t sleep my guys, it´s 10:26. Occasionaly went to the gym at 4 in the morning. It´s time for chaos. Controled chaos.

So game designer is whatever, I like programer. Cause I feel I understand game design already. I wanna learn coding and one day team up with some graphic designers and release a videogame. One of my 3 life goals and dreams since forever. Other was to be a K1 / UFC champ and musician.

So I summon the force of Jesus with this song



do you sherdoggies think game programming is the shit ? Should I just dive into it ? Or should I first try to write some code. Unity or what is the quickest program called to do it.

And making my own game is a side main job, working jobs careers always was the side quest anyways, it´s for money and social and experience. If I learn game programing I can just normaly get hired and earn money, I don´t gotta make a successful game.

So drop your prayers and wisdom up onto me

let´s tag @maximus__ up in this

I got no kids financial obligations. I get 60% of my average salary of the last 12 month and they give like 150 euros extra if I start a education to keep me motivated. Health care is free for everyone who is legaly here. I mean it´s my continent. I think the educations are 2 years durations, they squeeze 3 years knowledge into 2. Though I don´t know the details bout game programing duration. 50% of it has to be present in school, 50% can be from home.

What should I do

I'm a software developer with around 25 years experience. Started when I was in my early teens. Worked professional on all sorts of software including games for about 15 years.

Generally speaking, working on games is extremely hard. You will have an extremely hard time finding work, because you'll be competing with energetic kids that already know what they're doing inside out and will accept lower pay.
The pay is terrible unless you're in a high skill specialist niche role with a startup or are one of the old industry boys with a track record on impressive projects and are furniture in a large company (not many of those but I know a few).

Crunch time is real, you'll be expected to do insane hours for no extra pay.
The technology changes frequently, you need to be an avid and voracious learner or you'll fall behind in a way that gets progressively harder to catch up.
You wont be making what you want to make if you want to make money, you'll be making something that someone else wants and they will explain it poorly to you.

The games industry is really, really shit. The products are nice but don't let that fool you.
Most developers are overworked and underpaid, a large majority.

And to be blunt, it's like being a fighter, if you're on the fence about it and unsure if it's right for you, and have no background in comp sci or something similar, and aren't in your early 20s or teens even, it's very likely you're gonna have a terrible time trying to make a living.

 

[facePuncher7]

wtf is "game programmer"

should it be "programmer" that specializes in gaming? sorta like doctors and their specialties?

if you're a programmer, there are a lot of opportunities and the pay can be good to excellent. You're basically paid to solve problems, so you better be good at problem solving.

This is very true.

Programming is problem solving ideas. You need to be very good at visualising abstract objects and concepts.

There are so many GPT jockeys these days that fall apart in real world roles due to lack of real technical understanding.
Most companies I work with and have internal connections at are having a really hard time finding good developers.

Like, sure, there's 1,000 devs applying to each role, but maybe only 20 of them have real skills, and then only 5 of them might have the niche skills you're after.

People that paste leading titles like AI Developer, Game Programmer (everyone says game developer btw) etc etc, it looks like a red flag to me these days.

If someone just lists themselves as a "Programmer" or "Software Developer" that's generally a good sign in my experience.
An indicator that they have a good fundamental understanding of how everything works and they can relatively easily jump between technologies and industries.

 

[GergreG]

You have 10 years experience in security. I don't think you should walk away from that completely. Do some research into other areas of security and see if anything interests you. You mentioned game programming but there are cyber and systems roles within security that could be interesting and you have that security background so use that knowledge in an area that interests you.

 

[Bob Gray]

Are you talking about being a game designer or programmer?

As someone who recently finished a coding bootcamp for software engineering, it is not a light decision to take up coding/programming.

All that experience playing games? Its worthless. Don't think for one second that playing games and understanding them will make you any better at actually coding games. Its like thinking that because you like to eat cakes, you'd be good at baking them.

The job market for engineers is brutal at rhe moment. I saw an intern position paying 17 bucks an hour that wanted a 4 year degree in computer science. Thats a bit if an outlier, but it exists.

 

[maximus__]

So I stopped working since 1.1.2025. By design. Now I have to pick my next career. Did about 10 years of security. Look at me I´m tough, but security in Germany is mostly being bored, underpaid and having long shifts and at random times. I never gotten into a fight at work. Did dodge a bullet just a few times. Not a literal, Europe guns are illegal. Never did bouncer. That´s it´s own category. AMA bout security jobs in Germany btw.

So now I´m unemployed. I didn´t work since 16.12.2024. Am getting bored. And my task is to decide what I wanna learn, than I go to the agency of work and they test me and see if it makes sense for me. Lady who is my "Fachbearbeiter" gave me a month time but said I can contact her earlier. I think I spent enough time playing videogames. That is the plan or the desire. Video game coding aka "Game Programer" there is also "Game Designer". On the official list of things which can be learned. Which is a super wide list. I mean straight up I been staying up ALL night till 8 9 AM and sleeping the day and do it again, I´m twisted. So pulling a all nighter today, didn´t sleep my guys, it´s 10:26. Occasionaly went to the gym at 4 in the morning. It´s time for chaos. Controled chaos.

So game designer is whatever, I like programer. Cause I feel I understand game design already. I wanna learn coding and one day team up with some graphic designers and release a videogame. One of my 3 life goals and dreams since forever. Other was to be a K1 / UFC champ and musician.

So I summon the force of Jesus with this song



do you sherdoggies think game programming is the shit ? Should I just dive into it ? Or should I first try to write some code. Unity or what is the quickest program called to do it.

And making my own game is a side main job, working jobs careers always was the side quest anyways, it´s for money and social and experience. If I learn game programing I can just normaly get hired and earn money, I don´t gotta make a successful game.

So drop your prayers and wisdom up onto me

let´s tag @maximus__ up in this

I got no kids financial obligations. I get 60% of my average salary of the last 12 month and they give like 150 euros extra if I start a education to keep me motivated. Health care is free for everyone who is legaly here. I mean it´s my continent. I think the educations are 2 years durations, they squeeze 3 years knowledge into 2. Though I don´t know the details bout game programing duration. 50% of it has to be present in school, 50% can be from home.

What should I do

Well that escalated quickly...