Since I started freelancing a few months ago I noticed something odd about the people working in the game industry.
It is almost as if the majority of the people working in the game industry are either 40+, or younger than 30. There is hardly an in-between. So I was curious if my experiences are just coincidental or slightly true!
Ill go first:
I am 24 years old myself, and started my first internship as an artist 2.5 years ago. Technically speaking I only have about a 1.5 years of experience in the industry.
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started focusing on art since i was around 16, and now im a free man, portfolio time
Applied for internship, but havn't worked in the industry/freelance yet.
I do character art for a popular game mod www.pvkii.com (plug), which I enjoy and learn alot from.
Hope to break in before i go uni.
Worked a couple of small studio jobs for a short while, then joined Splash Damage mid-2006 and been living the dream ever since!
I have been actively modding/editing games ever since Quake and Warcraft 2, though. Probably started when I was about 14 or something crazy like that. Not having a TV will do that to ya...
Left Uni about a year and a half ago and been playing with myself since then.
Did illustration before that- first freelance job in '95 for lucozade sport.
previous jobs included being in the army ( RMP) in 1988 and a Metropolitan Police cadet (1986). lastly junior accountant for a local authority- that really sucked.
well, at least i get paid for it.
wanted to make games since i was 7.
Started learning Game Programming and other instances of Game Development (aside from Business Administration) 6 years ago when I finally came to realize my future needs.
my boyfriend is 27, hes been in the industry for about 6 years, he went to a college in Vancouver and worked his first job at EA sports as a character artist for 2 years then he moved to Texas and has been at Terminal Reality making characters for the past 3 years.
actually im 23 and never really been into games,
(i wrote some at home but thats it)
im a software engineer (im doing tools related to document creation and embedded systems)
- I starting doing basement/fun designs at 12,
- Started 3d with truespace at 14/15,
- Got my first professional contract at 17,
- First studio gig at 22 after college,
- First layoff at 23,
- Still 23, 6 months after layoff I started my own company,
- Been operating Exis for about 6 years now.
9 if you count the 5 in Tech Support and QA at Cave Dog/Humongous/GT/Infogrames/Atari (yea 1 company, 5 names in 5 years. What a ride that was).
23 and 0 years experience!
Haha, yeah, I remember doing that too!
4 years in the industry
4 years in college