Hi everyone, Not sure if this is the right place to post, but basically I'm looking for an 11 month work placement (I'm doing a sandwich degree). I'm based in the South East of England, but I'm fully prepared to travel. I've just finished my second year of my Computer Games Programming degree at Staffordshire University, and I've found possible placements outside of games development but if possible I'd like to do something vaguely related to games. I'm a strong C++ programmer, and I spend the majority of my free time programming with DirectX or OpenGL, as well as making Flash games occasionally. I have an online portfolio at www.joe-best.com. Given the economic climate I realise that some places can't afford to take on interns, so I'll say now that I am able to self fund (that's not out of desperation as such, I'm just eager to learn). Please let me know if anyone out there is interested, Cheers, Joe.

You will need to search out likely companies in the region you want and contact them to find out if they do internships and have any positions available. The best place to start would be the gamedevmap.

That was an extremely useful link, thanks so much! Time for a pot of tea, and outlook express!

I have another question. I'm a Computer Science student in Argentina, and would like to do an internship abroad (USA or Europe). I've already bookmarked all the webpages of the companies that offer internship positions, but my question is:
Is there any chance that those companies will hire me, considering all the extra paperwork that should be done? Or they tend to hire local people?

thanks!

@jaybee1989 There are few companies that actively have internships/placements but they are usually summer 3 month ones. Blitz and Rare come to mind. You could also try and find some contract work that lasts for a year or less. EA and Lionhead usually have some level scripters/editors roles.

Edit: OT but you have a large memory leak in your FPS program:

The instance of engine is not deleted when the program terminates.

@Master-Blaster Unfortunately, internships from abroad is VERY rare as there so many applicants that are local.

[Edited by - yaustar on August 2, 2009 4:02:49 PM]

Quote: Original post by yaustar
@jaybee1989 There are few companies that actively have internships/placements but they are usually summer 3 month ones. Blitz and Rare come to mind. You could also try and find some contract work that lasts for a year or less. EA and Lionhead usually have some level scripters/editors roles.

Edit: OT but you have a large memory leak in your FPS program:
*** Source Snippet Removed ***
The instance of engine is not deleted when the program terminates.

@Master-Blaster Unfortunately, internships from abroad is VERY rare as there so many applicants that are local.

Eek thanks for finding that, I'm pretty embarrassed actually to tell you the truth.. I did find this but I must've uploaded the wrong version. Urgh!

Thanks again for letting me know!

As for Blitz and Rare, I actually missed the Blitz deadline in February (if memory serves) and Rare aren't taking any interns this year. As for Lionhead I did apply but I'm fairly sure they've turned me down, waiting for confirmation though. May have a phone interview for something though, would be fantastic if I got it. Fingers crossed!

[Edited by - jaybee1989 on August 2, 2009 7:59:09 PM]