I heard that posting questions on the Bungie forum is probably the best way to get some help, or rather some insight on a matter I've been pondering for a very long time. How does an individual become a game developer/programmer? I'm currently about 2 years into college pursuing a Computer Science degree with the hopes that one day, I could work for a AAA title game studio (perhaps my life long favorite Bungie (; ). The issue is, the University I'm attending doesn't have a game developer's track for my major. Does this mean that I have to teach myself literally everything there is to know about game design on my own? Even then, there aren't many, if at all, any game studios in Ohio that I could gain experience in. This is after all one of the requirements most AAA game studios need: Shipped titles and experience with game development. As someone who has the utmost desire to contribute to the field of gaming, where do I start? Where do I get experience? How do I learn? Where can I learn? Do I indie develop and cross my fingers a AAA title picks me up along the way? Do I intern? How does Bungie hire for entry-level positions? Any Help, insight, wisdom, or advice would be helpful. It would be Especially so if the devs responded! Thank you all... I hope this gets seen... [spoiler]Moderator edit: This thread has been moved to #Offtopic, a more appropriate forum for this offtopic discussion. Feel free to private message the moderator who moved your post, link to topic, for further clarification about why this topic was moved.[/spoiler]