Getting A Job In The Game Development Industry - Article Revision History
By: Kenn Hoekstra

05/10/08 - Fixed a bunch of broken links in the Where are the Jobs? section.

11/06/05 - Moved the article to "Kenn's World." Added a link to a FRAPR Map of Game Development Houses to the "Where Are The Jobs?" section.

6/01/04 - Added a link to another Resume Writing Tips page/service.

05/18/04 - Added a link to Carnegie Mellon University to the gaming education section

05/02/2004 - Added a link to ComputerJobFinder to the "Where are the jobs?" section

11/10/2003 - Added a link to InterviewStrategies.com to the Interviewing tips section.

08/21/2003 - Added a "Mod Making" section to the document and posted some great links to free resources and game engines as well as a great article on independent game development.

06/18/2003 - Fixed all broken links on the page. Added two new links to the "Where are the jobs?" section. Added a Recommended Reading (Books) section. Added a section for Gaming Universities.

08/12/2002 - Added a link to http://jobs.gamesindustry.biz/ to the "Where are the jobs" section.

09/24/2001 - Added a section about money and salaries in the business. Added a link under 3D Art and a link under recommended reading.

06/19/2001 - Added a link under 2D Art and fixed a broken link as well. Added an e-mail contact link to report broken links.

03/20/2001 - Added a link to a gaming job recruiter under the "Where do I find a job/recruiter?" section. I also added a link to Microsoft's job page and the answer to the age-old question: "I have a great idea and I want to turn it into a game. How do I get a job as a Game Designer or think tank for your company?" Yes...it's there.

03/15/2001 - Added a link to a fantastic job search website: http://www.flipdog.com/

03/14/2001 - Fixed the broken jobs anchor and added a new list of game companies where you can find jobs:
http://www.gamejobs.com/classic/

02/20/2001 - Added a link to Red Crocodile's Game Development Section (http://www.redcrocodile.net/etc/gamedev.htm) as well as a list of useful news groups related to game development

02/10/2001 - Added a link to the Adrenaline Vault's Developers' Corner (http://www.avault.com/developer/). I also added a brief section about Job Interviewing.

02/09/2001 - Added a Writers' Section for those interesting in writing for game companies

02/08/2001 - Added http://www.digipen.com/ link under resume resources.

02/07/2001 - Added http://www.digipen.com/ link under programmers' resources.

01/02/2001 - Added links to http://www.idga.org/, http://www.myvideogames.com/ and http://www.digitalgamedeveloper.com/

12/22/2000 - Added links to http://www.jobs4gamers.com/ and http://www.gamedev.net/ under "Recommended Reading." I also fixed the link to Developer's Corner, which is now located at http://www.thedc.com/

12/21/2000 - Original Article Posted