# Playstation 3

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playstation-3/304212>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 17, 2005, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playstation-3/304212 "2005-05-17T09:12:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playstation-3/304212/61 "2005-05-20T16:46:34Z")

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> [@drgnrdr07](#):
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> I don’t mean to hijack this thread but I do have a genuine question for you about your profession. I would love to get into the industry (game design specifically) and would like to know how you did it and exactly what educational background you have.

I started out as a graphics programmer. When I got out of college I spent about five years writing photo retouching software. Then I decided I wanted to make the switch to doing 3-D graphics and I went back to grad school and got a Masters. As it happened my advisor was on the board of a company that was interested in making PC games. I’d been a gaming hobbiest for years and they hired me as the senior programmer on the project. Once I was in the company it turned out that I had a real knack for designing games, not just programming them, and eventually I switched over to designing full time.

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