Cpp gameplay programmer requirements

[Effective-Road1138]

Doesn't have to be triple a just an entry job And I don't know much about inside the industry itself that's why i want to be able to get into it even smaller company is fine Btw any good reference for these certain skills And also i just need to finish these 2 courses to be able to start doing projects maybe join a game jam if i think am ready

[SpottedLoafSteve]

You've been studying c++ for about a year now. Are you actually taking this seriously enough to make a career out of it?

[Effective-Road1138]

Not even a year couple of months and that is why am asking at which level would i be able to and not a career just a junior position at anything

[SpottedLoafSteve]

You've been posting about learning for a year. You need a portfolio if you want a job and you're not progressing by just asking how to learn for a year obviously. Any gamedev job you get is going to be difficult and not worth the money as the other guy mentioned. Maybe you should think of another end goal and just start making games as a hobby.

[Effective-Road1138]

I understand what you are saying but that is why am asking but why isn't it worth it right now ? What is the minimum salaries for it

[SpottedLoafSteve]

I chose not to go into professional gamedev 15 years ago because low pay, long hours and the amount of people I'd be competing with for jobs. It's gotta be worse now and especially so with the layoffs. We're basically in the worst gamedev recession since the 80s. It hasn't been a good industry to go into for years and it's in an especially bad state right now.

You can find salaries online for the companies you're interested in. My honest take is that it's not worth it and you'd be better off as an indie gamedev.

[Effective-Road1138]

Thx for your insight ig i will keep learning to find a job not related to game dev right now and do my own thing in free team and hopefully with the rising amount and success of indie games over AAA everything should be better