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Re:Game Job: Getting a job in the game industry simulator by benbristow on Monday July 07, 2014 @03:51PM (#8000973)
A would be game professional is born.

Background You are highly intelligent and decide to study programming. You have enough social skills to make people think you are in the know when you are in the not. Your 'art' gives programmer's art a new, ugly, meaning You're a nobody as far as the game industry is concerned.

Job Results You were smart enough to pass the programming tests, and did great in your interview. They hire you as a programmer! Pay: $60,000 a year!

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Re:Game Job: Getting a job in the game industry simulator by angersock on Monday July 07, 2014 @03:59PM (#8001024)
60k starting salary as a coder?

Where can I apply?

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Re:Game Job: Getting a job in the game industry simulator by Impossible on Monday July 07, 2014 @04:53PM (#8001330)
The salary numbers are all tongue in cheek, although its pretty common for entry level game industry programmers to make $60K or less. For comparison the producer makes $100K, which is way above the average producer salary (~$75K) and almost twice entry level producer salary.
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Re:Game Job: Getting a job in the game industry simulator by vonmoltke on Monday July 07, 2014 @05:06PM (#8001412)
You have to take into account where the game industry jobs are, too. I work across the highway from id, and around here I wouldn't be shocked to find out entry level programmers make $60k/year. It's low, but not unreasonable considering the glut of people who seem to want in to the industry.
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Re:Game Job: Getting a job in the game industry simulator by MAGZine on Monday July 07, 2014 @07:47PM (#8002265)
I don't have any concrete numbers, but I can say with reasonable certainty that 60k/year is standard entry-level income at a couple large studios.
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Re:Game Job: Getting a job in the game industry simulator by seanflyon on Monday July 07, 2014 @05:13PM (#8001461)
I started at $72,000 and that seemed pretty common.
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Re:Game Job: Getting a job in the game industry simulator by theg2 on Monday July 07, 2014 @04:35PM (#8001233)
This is probably a decade old based on the source code.
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Re:Game Job: Getting a job in the game industry simulator by tormeh on Monday July 07, 2014 @04:36PM (#8001242)
Crunch time all year round baby!
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Re:Game Job: Getting a job in the game industry simulator by yebyen on Monday July 07, 2014 @04:35PM (#8001229)
Amen, brother! (Or did I just hear a great big woosh blowing past my head?)
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Re:Game Job: Getting a job in the game industry simulator by yebyen on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @09:17AM (#8004370)
Oh man oh man...
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