How much do video game programmers make?

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dsgrue3 said:
Okay I'm going to school for programming...computer science engineering specifically. You are going to need to be able to do TONS of math.
I have taken Calculus 1-3, Matrix Algebra, Intro to Numerical Methods (it's how they derive a lot of calculus techniques), Prob&Stats for Engineers, Physics 1 & 2

And if you take any form of computer graphics course you NEED to understand matrices, so matrix algebra is very beneficial.

As far as specifically video game programmers I have no idea and would imagine the salary wages vary vastly from company to company, however, with my degree, I believe starting out it's around 55k a year.

*IF* you can get a job :)

That is also what I took in school, Software Engineering.  I can tell you that less than 30% of the people I know that graduated with me are doing programming now (6 years out of school)