Great video! Love to hear more on this subject! :) Building tools, working in a team and the importance of displaying your work for co-workers, make it accessible and usable for others. Super interesting subjects and as a person new to the gaming industry i think this is so important to learn about. Cheers, great video!!
I definitely would like to see more of this, very interesting stuff. Always wanted to do game programming and is why I got into programming to begin with so many years ago.
Thanks for sharing about your experiences in EQ and working on Vanguard and EQ2. I found it really interesting. I once tried to get into Game development but never got hired. So, I've had to stick with traditional 'boring' dev. It's okay as it pays the bills :)
@@Unity3dCollege i think it depends what your working on or what's on the backlog. Some things i loved and spent my weekends for fun learning about it while others aren't as much.
Being someone who wants to take up a game programming position or just a programming position in general, It's quite anxiety inducing whenever I hear about his past job, since he says it so simply while here I am having no idea what that is or how that could possibly be done.
Hi Jason, Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm currently working as a QA for a software development company but I really wanted to try and get a job as QA in the video games industry. However, I hear the pay is much lower and the working conditions are worse (like crazy crunch hours) and that has been keeping me from doing the switch. Would love to know what's your opinion, in terms of careers, in general software QA vs video game QA .
From what I've seen it seemed about the same in terms of time commitment & workload for games and outside. Except the game side was a bit more fun and interesting.
I love this idea for a video series. I'd love to make a game by myself, but it seems quite overwhelming when I see the credits for what- on the surface- seem like smaller/shorter games. It sounds like it takes so many people to make a game, but what do all these people do?
I think you should do more research by watching more tutorials. There are many professions within game development and you can't posdibly master them all. Notch is a programmer, not a 3D modeller or a texture artist. That's why Minecraft has its minimalist graphics style. It also helps to have multiple people on each team to save time. The point is that making your own game is very possible. I've made dozens. Hundreds of people do this for competitions like Ludum Dare, where you make a game in 2 or 3 days. They have teams too. Just find your speciality and focus on that!
@@TheBcoolGuy definitely. My current plan is to design and program the game. If I ever actually have a working game, I'll be paying someone for the art, because I'm fairly sure kids in grade school could make better models than me. An artist, I am most certainly not.
Hi Jason I recentlyWatched one of your videos where are you recommended a book to learn how to get into programming. And I cannot find it but I really wanted to order that book. Do you have any idea what book you would’ve recommended it’s an introduction of programming? If I hear the name I will know.
Hello, what are those square lights behind you ? They do not look like nanoleaf canvases.... looked through some of your videos to find the answers but alas, I could not find one(maybe you answered in one of the comments but I couldn't find it )
Not sure if you will answer this, I am only two minutes in. Anyway, how the hell is it possible, for very blatant and obvious bugs for example: Passives not working, to make it into a final release product?
Hey Jason, I am a QA Engineer with 5+ years exp and I just landed a job as a Senior QA Engineer at Zwift. Specifically working on the game engine. My experience is writing QA automation frameworks for data products that mostly involve GUI testing on websites and API automation. It's the same role, but I feel like its going to be a completely different world. Always been my dream to work in the game industry and I got my chance! Any tips before I start this journey?
Great video! Love to hear more on this subject! :) Building tools, working in a team and the importance of displaying your work for co-workers, make it accessible and usable for others. Super interesting subjects and as a person new to the gaming industry i think this is so important to learn about.
Cheers, great video!!
Excellent talk. Thanks for sharing your experience
Well explained and insightful video. Was reached out by EA to be a possible QA and this gives me alot of good information. Thanks.
This video was pretty insightful, thank you for the video!
Really like the story-telling of your process. I'd watch a video just on your personal experiences from EQ to Pantheon.
I definitely would like to see more of this, very interesting stuff. Always wanted to do game programming and is why I got into programming to begin with so many years ago.
Great story, thanks for sharing Jason 👍🏼 What is the most popular game you have ever worked on?
I say even now learning databases is always worth it.
awesome detailed talk, thank you.
Thanks for sharing about your experiences in EQ and working on Vanguard and EQ2.
I found it really interesting.
I once tried to get into Game development but never got hired. So, I've had to stick with traditional 'boring' dev. It's okay as it pays the bills :)
Even nongame dev is fun for me.. not as fun and not always fun, but when you get interesting problems to solve, it can be a blast
@@Unity3dCollege i think it depends what your working on or what's on the backlog. Some things i loved and spent my weekends for fun learning about it while others aren't as much.
Sir,
I am going to have my interview for QA in Ubisoft India,
Thanks for your sharing your experience and tips.
You are awesome
So, how did it go?
Being someone who wants to take up a game programming position or just a programming position in general, It's quite anxiety inducing whenever I hear about his past job, since he says it so simply while here I am having no idea what that is or how that could possibly be done.
Hi Jason,
Thanks for sharing your experience.
I'm currently working as a QA for a software development company but I really wanted to try and get a job as QA in the video games industry.
However, I hear the pay is much lower and the working conditions are worse (like crazy crunch hours) and that has been keeping me from doing the switch.
Would love to know what's your opinion, in terms of careers, in general software QA vs video game QA .
From what I've seen it seemed about the same in terms of time commitment & workload for games and outside. Except the game side was a bit more fun and interesting.
I love this idea for a video series. I'd love to make a game by myself, but it seems quite overwhelming when I see the credits for what- on the surface- seem like smaller/shorter games. It sounds like it takes so many people to make a game, but what do all these people do?
I think you should do more research by watching more tutorials. There are many professions within game development and you can't posdibly master them all. Notch is a programmer, not a 3D modeller or a texture artist. That's why Minecraft has its minimalist graphics style. It also helps to have multiple people on each team to save time.
The point is that making your own game is very possible. I've made dozens. Hundreds of people do this for competitions like Ludum Dare, where you make a game in 2 or 3 days. They have teams too. Just find your speciality and focus on that!
@@TheBcoolGuy definitely. My current plan is to design and program the game. If I ever actually have a working game, I'll be paying someone for the art, because I'm fairly sure kids in grade school could make better models than me. An artist, I am most certainly not.
Hi Jason,
I want to know about the QA Process and QA Pipeline that you adapted and used during your career, please.
Hi Jason I recentlyWatched one of your videos where are you recommended a book to learn how to get into programming. And I cannot find it but I really wanted to order that book. Do you have any idea what book you would’ve recommended it’s an introduction of programming? If I hear the name I will know.
Eyyyyy I been playing emulated vanguard lately
can you make a video on software testing life cycle in game development?
Hello, what are those square lights behind you ? They do not look like nanoleaf canvases.... looked through some of your videos to find the answers but alas, I could not find one(maybe you answered in one of the comments but I couldn't find it )
Not sure if you will answer this, I am only two minutes in. Anyway, how the hell is it possible, for very blatant and obvious bugs for example: Passives not working, to make it into a final release product?
Hey Jason, I am a QA Engineer with 5+ years exp and I just landed a job as a Senior QA Engineer at Zwift. Specifically working on the game engine. My experience is writing QA automation frameworks for data products that mostly involve GUI testing on websites and API automation. It's the same role, but I feel like its going to be a completely different world. Always been my dream to work in the game industry and I got my chance! Any tips before I start this journey?
Do a great job the first few weeks! When there's any downtime, start looking at ways to automate and speed stuff up. :)
Oooh, war stories. ;)
Hey Jason, you have mentioned a book called “Clean Code” a few times. Which one is it please? I can see several online.
here: www.amazon.com.br/dp/B001GSTOAM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
I'm a software developer and this book is considered the holy grail of programming.
Oh this is what I was looking for!!!
i have entry level and type the word no experience nothing pop up in the search .
i love playing video games but i want to test video games but no experience in that area of jobs. also have a learning disabilty ADHD.?
I have always wanted to work for a video game tester company but with no experience no job no degree.?
cool
I have an interview about QA next week can you give some advices ? , thanks
Just demonstrate your attention to detail. Find bugs. Even if you don’t think it’s a bug, flag it as a bug
i cant how the bug game studios deosent mess up.
wait do you need to know programming to get a job in QA?
Not at all. But if you're in qa, definitely consider trying it. The mindset and general skills translate well imo
Were you the dude from vinwiki that got kicked out if a bmw dealership?