Digital Dave

So, I picked up a game internship today.  Was I saving the best opportunity for last?  Well, I hope.

I’ll share more information later… However small that may be.

The semester ends next Friday, and the internship outlook is looking pretty dismal.

Or is it?

Well, I’m firing up Plan B.  Which is essentially to create my own internship.  Working on a project from 8 to 5+, Monday through Friday.  I have a few ideas, and I continue to think of more ideas, but I can’t decide which route to go on selecting a project.  The plan is to create a prototype (2-3 Weeks), Seeing how people respond (Kongregate), and then transitioning it to a full blown project using a mixture of tools (likely being C#/C++).  This project will likely spill over into the fall semester, too.

Whatever it is, I need a 180 to make this summer an achievement of some sort.

I didn’t anticipate finding an internship being ‘easy,’ by any means. But, damn, I just ended up hearing my voice mail messages and got one that said, “… sorry, the position has been filled.”  This was for an opportunity that wasn’t even given a chance…  I had a meeting with them on Friday.

It’s certainly not looking good for the summer.

It’s one thing to know that you ‘CAN’, and ‘WILL,’ succeed, but relying on other people giving you the ‘CHANCE’ to succeed is painful. It’s no wonder why I have an entrepreneurial spirit deep within me.

Anyway. Thought I’d vent a little. Back to my final project. ;]

Oh. You should go play on http://www.kongregate.com(Referred: Me). They have some fun flash games and a great reward system.

First. If you are going to the conference, do not forget to bring an umbrella. It looks like there is rain in the forecast for, nearly, the entire week — according to www.weather.com.

I’ve got the schedule finalized. Feel free to take a peek.

View my Game Developers Conference Schedule in *.pdf format!

I also got my very first game programming test for an internship at a game company. I was shocked. Then I got to the test and went, “Oh, dear, memory management? Static allocation only? No dynamic!?!? Awww, craaaaaap.” Tricky test. So, it’s not promising, but I’m giving it a go because that is what I do.

Well, I have nearly everything packed. I take off in the morning at about 6:45 and get into San Francisco at 1:45. I’ll begin my picture-taking-madness tomorrow!

Safe travels to those that are heading out and that are already on the way.

Searching for internships are quite a mammoth of a task.  There are very few companies that actually offer internships. Or at least publicly. Leh-sigh…