Everything I was told by my recruiter was a lie
Everything i was told by my recruiter was a lie….
After my first day of school, she promptly disappeared and i learned from one of my teachers in the game industry that you don’t make 100k a year off the bat like westwood promised, but rather you’d have to be in the industry upwards of 15 years to even think about that kind of money.
He then suggested to me that ‘if i really wanted a quality art degree, go to Denver community. It’s cheaper’…
After gaining massive debt myself, and finding immense dissatisfaction with my classes, i decided westwood wasn’t for me. It was at the point that they tried their utmost to coax me to stay, even suggesting i try westwood online in ny. I did westwood online for a semester, and it was TERRIBLE….The interest rates were off, and did not match the amounts i was paying. I always felt that i was wronged somehow at westwood….it’s a relief to know that i wasn’t the only one wronged.
– Westwood College Denver North Student
Do your homework, kids. Game Developer magazine publishes salary surveys each year:
http://gamedeveloperresearch.com/2009-salary-survey.htm