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Originally Posted by davidthefat
I am assuming you are going with programming the rest of your life, what do you want to specialise in? There are many types of jobs out there that require programming. I honestly don't know what I want to do, I would LOVE to work for a big gaming company like Blizzard, Square Enix and ect, but I would also want to work for JPL, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, anything similar. I started programming with gaming in mind, but after I joined robotics, I have found a love for robotics. I also have the desire to start a gaming company, which is easier than making a robot company. Well, what do you guys want to do?
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I knew I wanted to do something with programming since I was a junior in high school. I was totally intending to go be a game programmer/designer (I was even accepted to and intending on attending DigiPen for a B.S. in Real-Time Interactive Simulation). After joining FIRST in my senior year (sadly I hadn't discovered our team before then) I decided to pursue a B.S. in Software Engineering at MSOE.
As for personal preference, I like to do back-ends and algorithms and such. GUIs aren't my thing because whatever I make never looks as good as my original vision
Plus, I realized that if I became a game designer I don't think I would enjoy video games as much anymore.
EDIT: My dream job? Being the guy to create frameworks to parse statistical data on characters in an MMO like World of Warcraft and heading up the balance department
(Kinda has to do with games...)