What exactly do you want to do in the game industry? Code? Develop? The business side? There's a pretty big difference.
If you're looking at any kind of tech job, you have to get your skills up to the tippy-top level (no, that's not a technical term, but you know what I mean). In a very real sense you wasted 4 years getting that CS degree because you weren't sitting at your computer for 166 hours a week coding. That, my dear, is the competition for your coding job. Or even worse, the dudes that did that much coding and oh, incidentally, also got their degree in their spare time and wrote a few hot open-source games in their spare time.
If you are interested in the business side go to work at Game Zone, work your way up and learn the industry, then pick a likely game developer or distributor and transfer over.
BTW, no matter what you do, it doesn't hurt to get some contacts. Stop sending out those letters saying you'll work for free, and start looking for connections to any of those companies. Who do you know? Who knows someone who has a friend there? Distant relatives? Anything? Then, TALK to your contacts. Learn how the business works from an actual breathing person who works in it.
Good luck.
If you're looking at any kind of tech job, you have to get your skills up to the tippy-top level (no, that's not a technical term, but you know what I mean). In a very real sense you wasted 4 years getting that CS degree because you weren't sitting at your computer for 166 hours a week coding. That, my dear, is the competition for your coding job. Or even worse, the dudes that did that much coding and oh, incidentally, also got their degree in their spare time and wrote a few hot open-source games in their spare time.
If you are interested in the business side go to work at Game Zone, work your way up and learn the industry, then pick a likely game developer or distributor and transfer over.
BTW, no matter what you do, it doesn't hurt to get some contacts. Stop sending out those letters saying you'll work for free, and start looking for connections to any of those companies. Who do you know? Who knows someone who has a friend there? Distant relatives? Anything? Then, TALK to your contacts. Learn how the business works from an actual breathing person who works in it.
Good luck.
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