   Information on a Game Develper.......................
  Can anyone provide me some information on the job of a Game Developer a.k.a. Software Developer?  I am looking for general information on the job, history of this job, job qualifications, job description, education needed, where are these jobs mostly located, salary of this job, what is the career field this job can be classified into, and prominent/well-known names in the field. Any links or information will be greatly apprecciated. Thanks Happy Holidays  
  try looking at daveperry.com for a quick start. He''s the CEO of shiny.Ant>;  Up  ;  my mistake,http://www.dperry.com/  ;  damn you sure want to know a lot!  I don''t know of any web pages but the book "Get in the Game: Careers in the Game Industry" by Marc Mencher is an excelent reasorce.  It will answer most of your questions.you can look inside it at amazon.com here:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735713073/qid=1041360696/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-9369301-0335215?v=glance&s=books&n=507846    -----------------------------Programming is confussing!  ;Breaking In