When I grow up I want to be a…
What did you want to be… Since the the age of about 8 when I found out about computers and computer games I wanted to be a game designer, that then led to basic hobbyist programming and by the age of 12 or 13 I knew I wanted to be a programmer.
And I am… Which is one of the reasons I feel so incredibly lucky in doing what I am doing, the only job I ever really wanted to do.
I guess I am geeky enough that if it hadn’t been programming it might have been history, archaeology or one of the sciences, I love physics but I am not really academic and my dyslexia held me back in school, literally sometimes.
I will always remember being held back after class when I was… 7 or so when we were copying down something from the blackboard and told I couldn’t go until I had finished, well after what seemed like ages my Mum ended up coming in the class with the head teacher to see what the hold up was, and I had everyone moaning at me for being unable to do such a seemly simple task when everyone else had managed it like an hour ago and had all gone home. Like I was doing it on purpose or just wasn’t trying…
Luckily It wasn’t long after that I was diagnosed with dyslexia and things became a lot easier, though I was teased and bullied all the way though school for having extra help and classes to cope with it, but in the end they really did help and I would hate to think where I would be now if not for all that extra help.
I have written or helped write ‘scan pick and pack’ software, website back-end, order-fulfilment and stock management program, mail-order, site access control, 2D floor-plan designer, portrait photo capture software, card printing software, workforce scheduling, 3D game demos, MMO server architecture tech demos, evolution simulator…
And my hobby is designing games and writing tools and tech demos. The main thing I would love to achive at some point is to complete and publish a working MMO game, both client and server. (Albeit self publish on the web)
The main language I use for games at the moment is C# and XNA but I also use Java and have been looking at project Dark-star, now called project RedDwarf
and have been looking at creating an android game since I now have an android phone.
So is there anyone else out there that always knew what they wanted to do, it seems I am alone in this… most people don’t have a clue what they want to do or even if they do never end up doing it.
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