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Ask The Experts: Professional Programmers Panel Mike Acton, Brett Douville , Yilmaz Kiymaz , Noel Llopis , Jeff Ward. Our Experts. AAA Leads Mike Acton - Engine Director - Insomniac Games Ratchet and Clank, Resistance, AltDevBlogADay.com Brett Douville - Lead Programmer – Bethesda

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  1. Ask The Experts: Professional Programmers PanelMike Acton, Brett Douville, YilmazKiymaz, Noel Llopis, Jeff Ward

  2. Our Experts • AAA Leads • Mike Acton - Engine Director - Insomniac Games • Ratchet and Clank, Resistance, AltDevBlogADay.com • Brett Douville - Lead Programmer – Bethesda • 14-year vet, most recently: Skyrim • Indies • Noel Llopis – Indie Game Developer – Snappy Touch • iPhone Games: Casey’s Contraptions, Lorax Garden, Flower Garden • YilmazKiymaz – Unity Oracle – Ex-OwlchemyLabs • Snuggle / Smuggle Truck, Aaaaaaaaafor the Awesome • Fearless Leader • Jeff Ward – Senior Programmer – Fire Hose Games

  3. We’re WatchingTweet at #GCSPPP@mike_acton @brett_douville @VoxelBoy @noel_llopis @fuzzybinary

  4. What is the best thing I can do if I’m looking for a career in game development?

  5. The Language Question What language do you recommend starting with? What language do you use? Do I have to use C++?

  6. The College Question(s) Do I / Did I need to go to college? Do I / Did I need to go to a game school? I really just want to make games. Do I need a traditional college? Is there room for a self taught programmer?

  7. How do you learn to write a game engine? Do you just have to do it? • From @dbgamer

  8. What’s the typical career path if you’re more interested in engine tech (and does such a junior position exist)? From @jhasberstro

  9. As somebody leaving school in X years, what technologies should I focus on? • What are you looking to hire? • What tech do you see being dominant? • HTML5? Mobile? • C++0x / C++11?

  10. Can I / Should I start my own company right out of college? • What advice would you give to this person? • What type of talent do you need / not need?

  11. What is the single most important skill for a programmer, especially a junior programmer? • And how do you test for it?

  12. More QuestionsTweet at #GCSPPP

  13. ResourcesWill Be Available Online

  14. Books • C++ Coding Standards • http://www.amazon.com/Coding-Standards-Rules-Guidelines-Practices/dp/0321113586/ • The Pragmatic Programmer • http://www.amazon.com/Pragmatic-Programmer-Journeyman-Master/dp/020161622X/ • Code • http://www.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Software/dp/0735611319/ • Effective Series • Game Coding Complete • http://www.amazon.com/Game-Coding-Complete-Third-McShaffry/dp/1584506806 • Graphics Programming Black Book • http://www.gamedev.net/page/resources/_/technical/graphics-programming-and-theory/graphics-programming-black-book-r1698

  15. More Books • GPU Gems Series • Game Programming Gems

  16. Talks / Slide • Deep C • http://www.slideshare.net/olvemaudal/deep-c • Forensic Debugging • http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014353/Forensic-Debugging-How-to-Autopsy • Writing modern C++ code: how C++ has evolved over the years • http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/TOOL-835T • Practical Examples in Data Oriented Design • https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=0AYqySQy4JUK1ZGNzNnZmNWpfMzJkaG5yM3pjZA&hl=en • Typical C++ Bullshit • http://macton.smugmug.com/gallery/8936708_T6zQX#593426709_ZX4pZ • Three Big Lies • http://cellperformance.beyond3d.com/articles/2008/03/three-big-lies.html

  17. Blogs (Your Speakers) • http://altdevblogaday.com • http://www.brettdouville.com/ • http://gamesfromwithin.com • http://jeffongames.com

  18. Community • IGDA (www.igda.org) • GameDev.Net (www.gamedev.net) • Game Dev Stack Exchange (http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/)

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