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Discussion on: I switched from software engineering to game development, ask me anything.

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Andy Zhao (he/him)

What did you originally develop while you were worked with C# or C++?

Also, perhaps the biggest question in the room, why switch? :)

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George

I mainly developed software that allowed companies to do their jobs easier. A lot of the projects I was handed were ones that actually had to do with Payment. My last project was actually creating an artists panel where they could manage payments, contact the customer and send the art out within a single panel.

I switched because I was honestly getting bored of it. No matter what the project was there was always this mind state of me having done this before, used that before. I wanted a new challenge, something that I had never done, something that would bring me some new creativity.

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Andy Zhao (he/him)

Awesome, game development definitely sounds like the right place for creativity.

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George

it certainly is, allows your imagination to go complete wild!