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| | Career Spotlight: Game Programmer - Tech & IT Job Resources from Monster.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Game programmers typically specialize in a specific platform -- PCs, consoles, cell phones or online -- and in a particular aspect of game development, such as special effects, artificial intelligence or network performance. |
 | | Formal education in game programming is relatively new and in no way a prerequisite for breaking into the field, but the programs at some institutions, such as Full Sail, are well-known in the industry. |
 | | While game companies thrive on passion and creativity, they also push workers to the point of burnout, as an IGDA white paper notes. |
| technology.monster.com /articles/gameprogrammer (644 words) |
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