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Jeku
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Hey people--- yesterday (Friday) was my final half-hour degree project presentation, where I blew away the faculty with GameBasic I really think they were impressed, almost to a point of not believing that I only worked on it for one semester. We have to spend at least 100 hours on the project, but many people spend up to 500. I theorize that I spent close to 750 hours on GameBasic, so the work really showed in the presentation. I had a few sample games running on the projector and everything is good--- so now I'm done! Finally!

Good timing, too, as now I have an in-person job interview at a large game development company on Tuesday. I had previously had two phone interviews, and now I think I have 1 or 2 more, depending on how many eligible applicants there are. They will probably test my C/C++ skills, which will be about a 4-hour written exam including oral questions as well. I'm a little rough on my C++ skills so I'm hitting the books the entire weekend. Haven't felt like I've had a break yet :-P

Anyways, if I get the job then I'll let you guys know Just thought I'd share the good news!


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Posted: 24th Apr 2005 19:35
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kool stuff Jeku!

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Posted: 24th Apr 2005 19:58
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Nice.

It must be good to know that the work you put in payed off!

Good Luck in getting the job


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Congratulations Jeku.

Your hard work has paid off.

Beers are on you if you get the job though but for now

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Posted: 24th Apr 2005 20:07 Edited at: 24th Apr 2005 20:08
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@Jeku:

Congratulations!!!!

Now...... Will you release that "GameBasic"
It sounds really good

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Jess T
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Posted: 24th Apr 2005 21:29
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Sweet as!

Great work on that.
I bet that you had the most impressive project to show, right?

What kind of marks did you get for it?

Hope your job interview goes smooth, and you get it
Hopefully, in another 3.5 years ( when my uni course ends ) I'll be in the same possition as you are now

Jess.


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Rob K
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Quote: "hey will probably test my C/C++ skills, which will be about a 4-hour written exam including oral questions as well."


That seems a little excessive.


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Posted: 24th Apr 2005 23:35 Edited at: 24th Apr 2005 23:54
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Tests are the norm these days. My friend interviewed with some company and the entire day was basically a test with official tests thrown in here and there. He had trouble thinking the first couple days after the interview. lol

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BTW congrats.
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Congrats Jeku!

Glad to see your hard work paid off. I'd love to see you keep developing GameBasic.

Good luck for your job interviews!



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Awesome job dude. What company are you interviewing with?

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Good luck Jeku!
Hope you have better luck than I did.
(I also have an interview coming up at Medievaltimes Exhibition Place, Toronto)

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Congrats for graduation!
Good luck for your interview! At least you got the right degree for the interview!
I have a Master in History, it's my other passion but not so useful in getting jobs about Information Technology!
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Jeku
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Thanks for the good words, guys

Quote: "Now...... Will you release that "GameBasic""


Yes, it's in the Programmer's forum--- but good luck getting it to run. I don't think it can work on anyone else's computer but mine because of the ActiveX crap!

Quote: "I bet that you had the most impressive project to show, right?"


Well the thing is, most students create a PHP-MySQL website for their final project, and I just wanted to do something less boring. What better way to work with games than to create my own game language?

Quote: "What kind of marks did you get for it?"


Not sure yet--- should find out next week. I'm more worried about my upper level data communications course that most people get under 60%. I have a hard time with theory coursework

Quote: "That seems a little excessive."


It is excessive I think, too. And they're not even taking into account my previous programming experience on a commercial game! But I have a friend who works at the company and he gave me a list of things to make sure I study.

Quote: " Awesome job dude. What company are you interviewing with?"


I'll let you all know when I get the job


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Hey guys, I just had my grueling day of interviews at the game company--- there were 4 interviews and 1 written test over a period of 5.5 hours! I think I did really well, and I should hope to hear back from them soon. I'm really excited about the job, and I'll be sure to let you know the results (even if they're negative )...


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Don't worry Jeku, I'm sure you owned their souls.

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Jeku is the Grim Reaper?
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I wouldn't doubt it.

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Hey, Hey, You're not bad-mouthing my fellow Mod, are you?

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That's right, step back!

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I'm just waiting for a callback from the company. My nerves are jumping and dancing in my stomach from the anticipation. I need coffee!


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Coffee you'll get!!!!



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Hope you get the job;
if not, at least you did your best



and... inspiration !

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Posted: 6th May 2005 07:25 Edited at: 6th May 2005 07:25
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That'll make it worse!!! you need b33r!


Good luck

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Have they called yet?





Have they called yet?

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They callll!!!?!?!?!?! Huh, huhh, huuuuhhh!!!!! I'm not hyper from cofee, just the soda!!! Yes, thats what you need!!!

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Posted: 6th May 2005 11:14 Edited at: 6th May 2005 11:15
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Hehe, hope you get the job!

Have some free coffee...










Now i bet yer hyper

Sure hope your not on a 56K

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Didn't get the position in the company I was going for because they decided to extend a current employee's contract instead, so they're trying to fit me into another position. Kinda sucks as the one I applied for involved travelling to California and the UK on a regular basis.

Anyways, I have another test at another company in Vancouver--- this test is two hours long on this Thursday and according to the email it will cover:

Quote: "general knowledge of computer science, including: algorithms, discrete mathematics and logic, languages/types, program control, data structures, databases/concurrency, OOD, system resources, and coding in your choice of Java or C++."


I took a University discrete math course, but I completely forgot all of it (hope the questions won't be too hard as they don't allow a calculator to be brought into the test). I will choose C++ for the coding sections...

Alright, now I need some more luck


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Don't want cofee anymore?

Well, I wish you good luck then

Err... I ran out of luck, so here's some vodka instead :











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have my first born:



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Well, your gamebasic, is it reltated to this gamebasic?

http://free.prohosting.com/~gamesbas/
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Nope. That one is GamesBasic


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w00t!!!11 good luck!

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*bump*

Good luck! Sounds hard...

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Thanks for the bump, Drew

Well, as luck would have it, I have not been hired by said large game corporation. Don't cry for me, however, as I just got a job as a software dev working on image manipulation software for the same pay and better hours (you all know game programmers have crappy hours, right?).

Anyways, my true passion is the game industry, and as soon as a position opens up at the game company I originally applied at (as I'm still working with their recruiters), I should get in the door.

Yay!


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