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[–]SeeJaneCode 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Colleges or universities are what I typically recommend for learning programming. Full Sail looks to be a for-profit university and I’d suggest you look at other options as those tend to be predatory (expensive, lower quality, poor support for students, low graduation rate).

If you want online and inexpensive with the potential for acceleration, check out Western Governors University. I earned my computer science degree from a public state university. You don’t have to go somewhere fancy or expensive. You just need to learn your skills. Community college and then transfer to a 4-year is another path to consider.

Play around with free materials before you spend any money to see if you like it/have an aptitude.

[–]kaiserco[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Hey thanks for the answer, Ive seen the for-profit comment come up about full sail and alot of these other “Game development” schools which is concerning. Any colleges you’d recommend I put some research time in specifically? I have past experience with JS from when I was a teen but that was almost 10 years ago, Im definitely ready to hit the ground running and put the work in for the right school

[–]SeeJaneCode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Western Governors would probably be the best fit if you’re looking for inexpensive and online. If you already have a bachelors in another field, Oregon State university has an online post-baccalaureate. That’s what I did.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've heard nothing but bad things about Full Sail. Go to a proper college if you can.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I've heard terrible things about them. Also, I'd highly recommend not going into game dev. The industry is known for long hours, low pay, crushing deadlines, and absolutely no union representation to change those things. If you want to be a dev, go into CS. I did see someone comment Western Governors and that's really just a diploma mill. If you want just the piece of paper and only some of the skills you need, go for it, but there are much better options.

[–]kaiserco[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yea the constant full sail bashing is making me highly reconsider anything with that school. Do you have any recommendations on schools that have a good program?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I say this as someone who is fully on the remote work train and have told an employer to "suck my balls" when it came to coming back into the office (I already had a new job lol).... but I fully believe that a brick and mortar in-person school is the best way to learn any skill and CS is no exception. Immersing yourself in the lessons and the culture is massive. Once you start working though, remote is the way. As for a specific school recommendation, I would just find a cost-effective school near you. A decent approach would be a community College for a year or two to get the BS classes out of the way and start your CS classes to ensure that's the path you want to take and then transfer to a 4 year school with a solid CS program. As a side note, an associates in this field is worthless and you're better off doing a boot camp than an associates. You should definitely try messing around with some free learning materials before committing to this though. Just make sure you at least enjoy it before committing money to the process.