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Title: Don't Do Game Progamming [As a Degree]
Category: Teaching
Posted by: T.J. Jankun-Kelly
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There has been some debate on in CS circles on whether game degrees should be offered in difference to straight CS/SE degrees. As a visualization/graphics guy, I'm often asked this directly. My gut feeling is that such a degree is of little use in the real world. Non-game companies want a "real" degree while game companies do not care. It appears my feeling is right. This comment is from John Carmack, one of the big two behind Doom and many other important game developments.

@ November 17, 2006 7:09:07 PM CST ( )
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Dr. T.J. is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Engineering within the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University. His research interests lie at the intersection of scientific and information visualization with a smattering of web programming. He loves Python.

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