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no dates suggested yet but since you have got the ball rolling mid september means 16/17th I guess. Suits me as I will be back in Dublin by that stage!
Aphra.
‘interactive entertainment’ seems to work too – note the change in name of the Edinburgh games festival this year!
aphra.
I can just reiterate what has been said before really
1. PhDs are only really required if you want to work in high level research or lecture – most game jobs don’t require them and in fact since PhDs usually involve a lot of solitary work they may think you are not suited to team work because of it..
2. There is a lot of valuable experience here on these forums and people who have experience working in game companies and trying to set them up. We don’t want to put you off but set realistic goals for yourself and talk to those who have tried it already. Could save you a lot of time and expense..
Aphra.
hopefully we can round up a few people for a post conference drink..keep an eye here to see where, probably in the vicinity of Trinity College since that is where the conference is..
Aphra.
we have Pavel looking into it. Apparently a company they were working with went under and effected them quite badly. We are trying to establish the full story and when they get back to us or we find out more we will publish the story.
Aphra.
Hi Hobo,
welcome to the boards..
I think it is great you are thinking about going to the higher options show – i wish I had gone when I was in secondary school. I do not know if you have to be part of a class group but it might be worth contacting the Irish Times to find out since they are involved in running it. Also check out the courses section of our website which gives brief intros to Irish courses.
Re igame again I know nothing about it. I suspect through it is more like a trade fair of games and products they want to sell than an industry type event where you find out about the jobs etc.
I don’t know what part of Ireland you live in but some colleges and IT run summer courses in programming which might be worth trying out – I know Carlow IT does and University of Ulster did this year –
probably the most important thing right now for you is to have the right subjects going into the leaving certificate and if you want to go the programming route concentrate on your maths and getting good grades while getting to know some of the programming languages in your spare time. Also remember there are good courses in the UK too so keep an eye on UCAS closing dates as well as the CAO.
hope that helps,
Aphra.
well anyone could get an invite if you contacted them in advance for an invite…we posted it under news and on the forums I think…
Aphra
actually no – they kept us very busy and we kept running over schedule. So nope..sorry Ivan..not sure if you made it for lunch yesterday but they ran way over and I ended up running for the train..
Aphra.
well it turns out there were a few Oirish women over at WIGS – met Jade from NWIFE who teaches 3D Studio Max on the games course, met Caroline who heads up SilverTongue, a team in the Dare competition and met Aoife who was in Ballyfermot on the Ludo course and has done three year of the Abertay games course. Also met Jenny Brown, university relations manager with EA in Chertsey, who is from Hollywood in NI.
I’ll post a news piece on it later on.
Good craic and cocktails!
Aphra.
