What are the benefits of being a video game programmer or designer?

Answer 1

The benefits for video game programming is merely personal benefits. Video game programmers are over worked and generally underpaid (in comparison to those working in the corporate field). Some people who program Video Games mainly for the fact that they are video game fans themselves and want to contribute and work on projects themselves. A video game designers tend to get paid more and are the "main visionary" of the project. Their job is not as simple as think of an idea and create a game from it, they requite many artistic skills and really good writing skills. The designer must also be capable of changing many aspects of the project if demanded by the studio.

Answer 2

Regular use of video games has been show to increase your ability to assess objects in your visual field. How you assess them depends on the game. If it is a game involving special relations, like Tetris, you will be assessing their shapes and the potential for them to be more useful to you in another configuration. This is a handy skill when packing a moving truck or moving furniture around the house. In an adventure type game where you use a variety of objects in your possession or in the game environment, you will be more able to find an item that meets the criteria of an item you need or to be open to suggestion by the objects around you for another way to solve a situation. MacGyver style! This is also associated with very rapid mental problem solving. Fight games, especially against other people, ideally multiplayer, seek motion and respond very rapidly and accurately to target a moving object and to track its path. They are also assessing the environment for use and threat. These skills are handy for real fighters and also for anyone who wants to catch flies. Video games are a hobby just like any other. Crossword puzzlers are able to think of lots of synonyms and sort them by word length mentally. This gets better with practice. Baseball players get better at baseball. Video gamers get better at skills that improve play ability. Don't expect to become a super ninja, a genius or an athlete from gaming. But, you may just become a very fast mental and manual responder and gain the ability to have incredible focus for the duration of a short task. Anything is better than sitting around watching prime time which requires no mental involvement at all.

Answer 3

i think the advantage of being a computer programmer is that you always know what the new technology is coming out in the computers and that if your computer ever get mess up you can fix it yourself and you dont have to be paing for it to get fix.

Answer 4

* One benefit of computer programming is personal satisfaction. * Computer technology changes daily. This provides opportunities for learning and growth. As technologies change, so do skill demands.

* The benefits of being a computer programmer diminish daily.

* In some states, New Jersey for example, labor laws explicitly state that programmers are exempt from overtime pay. This means that an employer can require a programmer to work overtime without compensation. * Programmer salaries have dropped significantly in the past 20 years because United States residents compete for the same jobs as non-US residents. Often non-US residents demand less money. In the economy today, many companies look to cut costs and salaries.

* Computer technology changes daily. If you don't keep up with technology, it is possible that your skills become irrelevant. As technology tools improve, the need for some skills decrease.