twesterm on 20 April 2010
- BS in Computer Science from Southern Methodist University
- Masters in Level Design with a specialization in scripting from The Guildhall at SMU
- Total time in school (undergrad + grad) in case it matters: 7 years
- Computer Science, Engineering, Game Development
- Yes for game development but use things I learned in both
- Yes and no...It wasn't technically required but I would have never gotten the job if I didn't have it.
- United States, Texas
For me, college could not have been more useful.
- I use everything I learned from my Level Design grad work
- I don't do heavy programming, only scripting which is programming light but there are many things that still come incredibly handy.
- Random diversity classes like history (almost minored in Medieval Studies if I would have had the time to finish the last few classes ^^), psychology, math (actually did minor in math, just didn't bother declaring it because I'm lazy like that) and everything else is even useful in my job
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And I completely agree with CommonMan here, you may not use your degree but college is still worth it. You learn so much about yourself and that is the time in your life when you just get to have fun and soak in loads of information. My wife triple majored in Computer Science, Math, and English and now she's a project manager so she really doesn't need any of her three degrees but all the knowledge she gained from those degrees, the random things that happened, and random classes helped her get and keep her current job.
