By: Bodie Hughes

VIDEO GAME PROGRAMMER

In high school, you must take 4 years of math, 3 years of science, 4 years of language, 2 years of art, 3 years of social studies, 4 years of english, and 2 years of Spanish.

You must make a score of around 19 on the ACT.

HIGH SCHOOL PLAN

ITT Technical Institute

University of South Carolina

Carnegie Mellon University

TOP THREE SCHOOLS FOR VIDEO GAME PROGRAMMERS

Since ITT Tech is the top school , these are the c lasses you need to take there:

Writ ten Analys is Eth ics Stat ist ics Environmenta l Sc ience Socia l Psychology Research Methods Programming in Open Source wi th LAMP In t roduct ion to Web Inter face Des ign Programming in Object ive C Creat ing Websi tes in the LAMP Envi ronment Programming in Visual Bas ic Appl icat ion Development Us ing Object ive C I Creat ing Websi tes Us ing ASP.NET Appl icat ion Development Us ing Object ive C I I Appl icat ion Development Us ing Visual Studio I Development for Web Analyt ics Appl icat ions Appl icat ion Development Us ing Visual Studio I I Secur i ty in Appl icat ion Development Cloud Comput ing w i th Google App Engine and Microsoft Windows Azure Software Development Capstone Pro ject

CLASSES YOU NEED TO TAKE AT ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

You need to stay at ITT Technical Institute 4 years so you can get your degree.

Each year at ITT Technical Institute will cost you $88,740.

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

A video game programmer needs a bachelor’s degree.

It will take you four years of college to get this degree.

DEGREE NEEDED FOR A VIDEO GAME PROGRAMMER

Most programmers write code so the game works as it should. Whenever a certain problem is in the game, they update it to fix it.

An audio programmer makes sure the sound effects and music are in the right place.

Other programmers set the mood in an area, create different characters to interact with and so much more.

WHAT A VIDEO GAME PROGRAMMER DOES

Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Kirby, and Donkey Kong.

Will Wright, the creator of The Sims and SimCity.

Markus “Notch” Persson, the creator of the online game Minecraft.

Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of the popular game Pokémon.

FAMOUS VIDEO GAME PROGRAMMERS

The annual income for a Video Game Programmer is $48,611.

ANNUAL INCOME FOR A VIDEO GAME

PROGRAMMER

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By: Bodie Hughes

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