My professional background has been in web development since I graduated with a multimedia art degree 8 years ago. I typically do LAMP stack work and JavaScript working on anything from SaaS applications to doing front-end work for e-Commerce websites. In my free time, though, I was working on non-web projects, including small games, as a hobby, using C# and C++. I've dabbled in that stuff as far as 10 years ago. I got very into graphics programming in particular. From a recent long job search, I was curious and started browsing remote job classifieds. I applied to a job listing from an indie company. My projects got their attention and I got a part-time contract job (it's also a remote job so no meetings in person).
Compared to most of my previous job hunt- many failed phone screens and interviews for web dev roles- this job came almost effortlessly as my projects were very effective in speaking for my potential on what I can do. It's quite the pivot from my previous jobs and I'm curious to take it further. How should I take advantage of this as a stepping stone if I want to push further ahead into game programming? And how possible is it to work a second part-time programming job that can complement my current one? I'm a month into my current contract and expected to last at least two more months. When it ends, I will also be open to working on-site, for either AAA studios or indie.
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