boletus

Game developer (software engineer) We get paid less than conventional software but it's very rewarding work on its own.

What's your average working day like?

+1 for bitwarden

Its hard to make wise decisions when you're basically a kid at that age.

Yeah I remember in high school they were pressuring every body to go straight to uni and I personally thought it was kinda predatory.

Its probably a regional difference. Here in AU, you can be lucky and land a few post grad jobs if you really stood out. Otherwise you're entirely reliant on having a good folio and most importantly connections.

Yeah fair point, but then how are you going to get the job if you're completely incompetent at programming 🤔

I meant any form of qualification. Sure it helps, but the way you get the job is by showing you can actually do the work. Like a folio and personal projects or past history.

Hey that sounds exactly like what the last company I worked at did for every single project 🙃

Not a single person I've worked with in software has gotten a job with just a diploma/degree since like the early 2000s

Maybe it's different in some places.

Yeah that's object oriented programming and interfaces. It's shit to teach people without a practical example but it's a completely passable way to do OOP in industry, you start by writing interfaces to structure your program and fill in the implementation later.

Now, is it a good practice? Probably not, imo software design is impossible to get right without iteration, but people still use this method... good to understand why it sucks

A diploma ain't gonna give you shit on its own