I have a game dev degree, previously taught on games courses and work in games tech. Best thing is learning overarching concepts that last you years and are frequently implemented in different ways - ThreadSky

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jenuinepanic.bsky.social • 6 days ago

I have a game dev degree, previously taught on games courses and work in games tech.
Best thing is learning overarching concepts that last you years and are frequently implemented in different ways

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jenuinepanic.bsky.social•6 days ago

Worst thing? Lecturers who know nothing about the industry and confidently teach the wrong thing. An example being they choose one tool and convince their students that everyone in games uses this, when in reality most companies use different ones and

jenuinepanic.bsky.social•6 days ago

will teach you when you start if you can prove good foundations. Which seems like a silly thing to complain about, but I've had many contentious conversations with students trying to explain that knowing Unity isn't enough to work at any AAA game developer

jenuinepanic.bsky.social•6 days ago

and if they want to code games they need to learn to code outside of that framework too, and they were all adamant that the Unity framework was universal.

jenuinepanic.bsky.social•6 days ago

And related, lecturers giving career advice that they're totally unqualified to give, and refusing to learn about how the industry is now, versus what they thought it was like 10 years ago. Oh and giving examples that don't relate to real world use cases at all,

jenuinepanic.bsky.social•6 days ago

I recently had to have a friend explain a very basic thing to me that I've been confused about for years cause the example I learned in college was totally inaccurate.
eh... and that's my little rant 😅

englishscribe.bsky.social•6 days ago

No rant, justified venting!

Education is a bloody hard field to work in and I have every sympathy for teachers and lecturers who do their best to keep up with the industry and pass on relevant information.

I have, however, also come across a number of the type you mention. I recently took part -

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