1. Competitions
2012-2013
Dr Bryan Duggan,
School of Computing
DIT
Kevin St
http://gamesfleadh.ie
http://www.comp.dit.ie
http://imaginecup.com
http://facebook.com/ditschoolofcomputing
@ditcomputing
2. Think about this!
You want to learn programming
You want to stay motivated for 4 years
You are going to spend 100’s of hours
on projects and assignments
You want to build a portfolio of work
You want to make money
3. Some ideas
Enter a competition
Develop an app and sell it
Start a business
Start a blog
Join NetSoc/GamesSoc
Contribute to an open source project
Write a paper for a conference
4. Competitions
Robocode!!
XNA Ireland Challenge
Imagine Cup
ACM Collegiate
Dublin Game Craft (30 Nov)
Nokia Appcademy
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You can change the world.