This was good guide Cuppa, its always good to have things reinforced for me so I don't think it will be too easy. I have been looking to get into the gaming industry as a programmer since I was 12 and first got Asheron's Call. Over the past 6 years I have seen so many companies that I would love to work for, but I realize from reading tons of things about the industry that just getting a job is going to be nigh-impossible, let alone getting one as a programmer. I would love to get one out of the gate from college, but I know that my inherent skill probably wont be that amazing, and I simply wont have the experience required, so I will probably have to start in one of the easier jobs to aquire (maybe GM?). I actually bought Visual C++ 6.0 when I was 13, and I have had it installed on my computer ever since, but I wasn't able to do hardly anything with it until I finally was able to take a C++ class (which wasn't that great truthfully, most of our teachers are incompetent, although mine was one of the better for programming). Anyways, it was enough to get started, but now I am so busy with school or just too tired and lazy to really work on it a lot, so I haven't progressed any. I think in college when I have time I will start trying my hand at some mods and map creations and such. I will get there though, whatever it takes.
