RE: [Algorithms] Off topic: Which university course should I do?

[Peter W. <Pet...@vi...>]

> > game development courses, but I don't know how reputable 
> > they are, and I haven't seen any in the UK (where I live).
>
> I would tend away from game specific courses personally.  

That's my feeling too. Writing games means stealing ideas from all sorts of
disciplines, and any games course that you take probably won't be covering
the same areas that'll be useful in a few years time. If I went through
University again I might even go for a Physics or Maths degree course rather
than the CS that I actually took (I know that's music to Stuart C's ears
;)).

The other thing I'd bear in mind is that an awful lot of people do games for
a few years, and then go off and work in another industry, and it'll be a
lot easier to do that with a general degree than a games-specific one.

I suppose the bottom line is that games companies are looking for, to borrow
a Joel quote, people who are 'smart and get stuff done'. The details of your
qualifications aren't important, as long as they show you can learn, and can
work hard. A Stuart said, concentrate on what you like studying, if your
heart isn't in the subject and you're just doing it for a job, it'll be very
hard to make it through the 3 or 4 years of the degree.

Peter