Re:Making Video Games Is Not a Dream Job
by pornel on Monday April 08, 2019 @02:28PM
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I've moved from games to web development basically by winging it.
If you can code in C++, then becoming competent in JS/PHP/Python/Ruby is a matter of learning their syntax quirks and basics of the standard library. You don't have to worry about the framework-of-the-month churn. These things get popular because they're easy to pick up and well-documented.
Companies recognize that general programming knowledge is the hard part, and happily hire for it. Just avoid recruiters, as they're usually clueless keyword-matchers.
If you can code in C++, then becoming competent in JS/PHP/Python/Ruby is a matter of learning their syntax quirks and basics of the standard library. You don't have to worry about the framework-of-the-month churn. These things get popular because they're easy to pick up and well-documented.
Companies recognize that general programming knowledge is the hard part, and happily hire for it. Just avoid recruiters, as they're usually clueless keyword-matchers.