Been programming for a year and some, wanting to try and get a job in the field. Where to start? | CS Career Hub | Page 1

agile ibex Dec 19, 2023, 4:16 PM

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Hello, I've been "working" as a programmer for a game studios - that is to say, me and two friends started working on games. The demo for our first "proper" project is almost ready, and it's 12k lines of code that I'm finding pretty solid and efficient overall which I'm sorta proud of. However, I require money to live, and I figured it would make sense to see if I can "use" this experience for something in the quite likely funding for the project doesn't materialize, even if it pays little - of course accounting for the fact that I don't have a CS degree or anything like that.

The project itself is written in GDscript, Godot's built-in language which resembles Javascript - and I know some Javascript itself, alongside C# and Java, though I probably need to brush up on them.

The question basically is: how do I move from here? Do I look into getting certificates and if so, what kind? Where would it make the most sense to look for jobs, be it remote or on-location, keeping in mind I'm based in Italy?

lost kindle Dec 19, 2023, 9:48 PM

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Can you post your resume?

agile ibex Dec 19, 2023, 9:52 PM

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lost kindle Can you post your resume?

I can, but it's very much a temporary non "embellished" one - give me a sec

lost kindle Dec 19, 2023, 9:53 PM

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Sounds good.

agile ibex Dec 19, 2023, 9:58 PM

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Mmmm, hold on, it's half in italian and half in english for some odd Linkedin reason. Lemme fix it

agile ibex Dec 19, 2023, 10:00 PM

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lost kindle Sounds good.

Here it is

📎 Resume-Domenico-Cucchi.pdf

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Augh some of it is still in italian - "theatre technician" and "software developer" are the job titles

lost kindle Dec 19, 2023, 10:01 PM

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I actually speak a little Italian so it's ok

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I'm not sure about the market in the EU, other people can probably give more meaningful input. As is this resume seems sparse to try to use it to compete against people graduating with proper CS degrees

agile ibex Dec 19, 2023, 10:03 PM

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Oh it very much is sparse, that's most of the question - what would make sense to learn or certificates to earn to "furnish" it

lost kindle Dec 19, 2023, 10:05 PM

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Outside of a degree?

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Do you have a role that you're targeting?

agile ibex Dec 19, 2023, 10:06 PM

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lost kindle Outside of a degree?

A degree is a potential idea for after I'm finished with the one I'm working on rn, so yeah

agile ibex Dec 19, 2023, 10:07 PM

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lost kindle Do you have a role that you're targeting?

Nothing specific, I don't think? Probably just junior dev/programmer using one of the languages I know, preferably in gamedev but as far as I can tell that is a bad industry to get into especially currently

lost kindle Dec 19, 2023, 10:09 PM

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I don't know anyone who's worked in game dev but I think we've all heard bad things.

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My advice has always been, regardless of location or career, to find job postings at places you want to work and to figure out what you have/don't have.

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Then prioritize based on that.

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EX.

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How much of this would you say you can do? Does your resume prove that out?

agile ibex Dec 19, 2023, 10:12 PM

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Outside of the degree part, I think most of it - not terribly well or efficiently depending on the requested work, but I could do that I think

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Of course the issue remains with the resumé, since all I have in portfolio is 12k lines of code in a rather obscure/unused language
Either way I really appreciate the advice

#Been programming for a year and some, wanting to try and get a job in the field. Where to start?