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Start of a new week, so back to work. Did some more work on the mod, read some more stuff about Unix, burned some dvds for my parents, and gave my currently scattered portfolio some thought.
For those that don't know, I'm hoping to work in the game's industry one day and looking through job postings and such I see lots of them ask for demo reels. As such, I've been giving the idea of putting together a website portfolio and a demo reel. I probably need to put together a bit more content before I proceed too far with either but laying some framework for the website couldn't hurt.
As for the sleep schedule, I was going to sleep as late as 7 am last week. I've worked it down to around 2 am yesterday so I think I'm on track to be back on a normal sleep schedule. I think it will do a lot for my motivation to see the sun more often and have breakfast as opposed to waking up to lunch.
Also going to see the doctor tomorrow since I've been feeling some sporadic pain in the inguinal area of my left leg. No idea what is causing it and it's lasted for about 4 days now so I figured it was time to ask the doctor.
Lastly, I never posted much of a follow up to my wisdom teeth being pulled out but I just want to comment that it feels so damn good to eat solid foods again. Chewing has been back in full capacity for about 2 weeks I think and I'm trying to make up the 5-10 pounds or so I lost during the week I couldn't eat solid foods.
Edit: Topic I thought of but saving for tomorrow - Sentimentality concerning arrangements.
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Good luck getting into the game industry. 
What type of position are you hoping for? I'm guessing animation since you said "demo reel."
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On March 11 2008 21:31 rpf wrote:Good luck getting into the game industry. What type of position are you hoping for? I'm guessing animation since you said "demo reel."
Thanks.
To be honest, I'm not really sure what kind of position I'd want if I could pick and choose. I don't think any avid gamer hasn't dreamed of sitting in the designer's chair at least once and I'm certainly no different. I've got a billion ideas for games and I enjoy cranking out more.
That said, my major is Comp Sci so the most obvious choice would be programming of some sort. That has many advantages for me. It pays easily the most in the industry, most of what you learn is transferable skill should I decide the games industry isn't right for me, and we're always in high demand. Taking a look through the game related job listings shows that the number of programmer positions is almost the same as the rest (art, music, design, etc) combined at any given time.
I'm not very specialized though despite my major. I've touched on a bit of sound work, graphics, art, design, 3d modeling, animation, and programming in my spare time. Any position that is thrown at me I'd be willing and able to learn as long as it gets my foot in the door. The idea of being a tester isn't out of the question either as it seems like a good place to get a feel for the industry and grow.
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