Need a coding Job for the Summer

[Corun]

Hi,
I'm 16 and looking for a coding job for my summer holiday (Starting July 8th).

Some of my Experience:
-I recently ported Eternal Lands ( http://www.eternal-lands.com ) to Mac OS X and Emilia Pinball to Mac OS X.
-I have written two shareware apps for Mac OS X which can be found on my site ( http://corun.kurand.net )
-I came 3rd in the iDevGames "Vectorized" Contest with my entry "Trapped".
-I have been writing Java applications for 5 years and C/C++/Objective-C programs for 2 years.
-I have experience with the following APIs: SDL(and common add-on libraries); OpenGL; Cocoa; BSD Sockets; AWT and Swing

In-light of my age and not that many years of experience I am not looking for a particularly highly paid job but rather one that will look good when I am looking for my next job :-).

[Blorx2]

You could always help me with some quick and easy stuff...I've been looking for jobs on SF.net...I could either help you find one or you could talk to me about it later

[PowerMacX]

Not applicable to you in particular, but Aspyr posted some job openings in mac-game-dev at Apple's mailing lists. You may find interesting to know the requirements posted:
http://lists.apple.com/archives/mac-games-dev/2005/May/msg00033.html

[Blorx2]

D***! WHY MUST YOU ALWAYS RELOCATE? I sent an application to Blizzard saying that I could contribute code but won't relocate or work full-time...I'll see when (if) they reply wether or not I'm allowed

[JustinFic]

D***! WHY MUST YOU ALWAYS RELOCATE?

In general the games industry is so saturated with new applicants that companies can easily find someone entry-level who is either in town or willing to relocate with their own money.

[phydeaux]

In general the games industry is so saturated with new applicants that companies can easily find someone entry-level who is either in town or willing to relocate with their own money.

That's maybe only true for companies with less than ten people since they can't afford anything like that. There's always someone looking for a games job in-town, but to get really good people, larger companies have to bring people in from anywhere and almost always will pay for some sort of relocation. A friend of mine is interning at EA this summer and they are paying for him to live there. Also if you are less than 18 years old and don't have a degree, or or not in college, your chances are slim-to-none unless you or your parents know someone personally.

[willThimbleby]

looking for a coding job for my summer holiday Isn't this uDevGames :p -- it can't quite pay the bills like a real job though.

[Volte]

I thought you said you ported this game to Mac OS X? I dun see a download ANNNYWHERE!! What gives?

[kelvin]

Get paid $4500 to do some real coding. summer of code (http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html)
Don't think this is child's play though. Expect to get your dignity handed to you in shreds if you are not up to it.

el aviador (http://code.google.com/summerofcode.pdf)
deadline is June 14!!

[kelvin]

In general the games industry is so saturated with new applicants that companies can easily find someone entry-level who is either in town or willing to relocate with their own money.
This may or may not be true, I've learned that the software industry as a whole is hurting for good engineers. It wasn't until after signing on to my summer job that I realized this; Solid Software Engineering skills (read:not "coding") are in reasonably high demand. My department alone has 5 SE positions to fill and HR is producing jack in terms of qualified resumes. Sure, I have deviated from the games path, but 1)I'm writing software and improving my skills and 2)I'm getting paid very well for an intern with virtually no prior industry experience. When (,if) I (ever) get back to games I will have solid experience and expertise managing a software system; which IMHO will be the skill in demand.