Just quit my career. Life is good

Uhtred · 5 Sep 2011 at 13:11

Good luck Mr Jack, very brave indeed. Out of interest, can I ask how old you are?

Mr Jack · 5 Sep 2011 at 13:28

Uhtred said:
Good luck Mr Jack, very brave indeed. Out of interest, can I ask how old you are?

34, 35 in January.

Tummy · 5 Sep 2011 at 13:35

Mr Jack said:
Thank you all for your kind words

Fancy a pint at Soar Point (Near DMU) let me know

Glaucus · 5 Sep 2011 at 13:37

matthab said:
always admire people who do this kind of thing.

Ditto, good luck and congrats on having the balls to make the move and have a happier life.

StonedPenguin · 5 Sep 2011 at 13:41

Niceone fella, Hope it works out for you.

Chasser · 5 Sep 2011 at 13:43

Hat's off to you. The very best of luck with your future plans mate.

weringo · 5 Sep 2011 at 13:44

Tummy said:
Fancy a pint at Soar Point (Near DMU) let me know

I used to drink in there all the time when I lived in Leicester (up until a couple months ago), probably saw you in there a few times without knowing it

clv101 · 5 Sep 2011 at 13:51

Mr Jack said:
This Friday will be my last ever day as a Games Programmer. I was feeling kind and I handed in my notice today rather than leaving it to the last minute so it's all signed and sealed now. Ten years of my life will shortly become nothing more than a memory, and my earnings will fall off a cliff and probably never make it back up again.

A week today I start an MSc in Molecular Genetics at the University of Leicester.

If only I could find a buyer for my house in Coventry all would be well with the world!

Nice move. I did basically exactly the same, left a 10 year career in telecoms with a nice wage to do an MSc (well, it wasn't a clean break as I managed to get a reduced pay sabbatical for 9 months whilst doing the MSc before finally handing in notice). MSc (distinction) behind me and I'm now in the 2nd year of my PhD.

Good luck!

jumpy · 5 Sep 2011 at 17:10

another 'welcome to leicester' greeting.

I just thought of a slogan for leicester - 'Come to Leicester; it's better than Coventry'

clv101 · 5 Sep 2011 at 17:17

jumpy said:
'Come to Leicester; it's better than Coventry'

...just.

FabienO · 5 Sep 2011 at 17:22

What games did you make?

jumpy · 5 Sep 2011 at 17:31

clv101 said:
...just.

yer, well...it's not saying much, but I didn't want to labour the point

Dj_Jestar · 5 Sep 2011 at 17:36

Wow, a developer who has jacked it all in to be a scientist!

I'm a developer, and I'm surrounded by scientists!

No, really. I have 2 PhD educated chemists on my team, and 3 PhD educated Physicists!

Dandaman · 5 Sep 2011 at 17:57

Takes some right knackers to pack in your career and change over to something else so I hope it goes well for you

Mr Jack · 5 Sep 2011 at 19:32

FabienO said:
What games did you make?

Oh gods, loads of things.

Obviously, the best is Alien Swing for iPhone (hint, hint) that was just me and my brother doing the art. The first was Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos, although I was just doing mission scripting for that, my first programming gig was Salt Lake 2002, then Drome Racers 2. I left the industry for a few years after that, doing some CAD/CAM software programming, before returning for Geon and then doing work on various ports and bits and pieces: X-Dream exercise bikes and TOCA Race Driver for skillgrounds, a PSP camera phone thing that got canned, F1 2009 and Dirt 3 for Wii/PSP. I worked on various versions of Space Ark, and most recently on F1 2011 for 3DS and PS Vita. I can't tell you what I'm currently working on because it still hasn't been announced and I'm under NDA.

Participant · 5 Sep 2011 at 21:06

Tummy said:
Problem with selling a house in Coventry is that the house is in Coventry

Anyway! Welcome to Leicester

You might be being ironic there, but if not, I don't think I've ever heard someone from Leicester being snobbish about Coventry. They're both dives.

Sin_Chase · 5 Sep 2011 at 21:51

Good luck!

I know totally how you feel, I am looking for an out of IT myself after almost a decade.

Old Wino · 5 Sep 2011 at 21:57

AGD · 5 Sep 2011 at 22:12

Mr Jack said:
I worked on various versions of Space Ark,

Ha! The company I work for has a port of Space Ark on our platform. I've played that game to death!

Well done for making the leap to something different. I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum from you - just started in the games industry so hopefully I don't get tired of it too soon.

metbandit1 · 5 Sep 2011 at 22:12

Welcome to Leicester!

No doubt will see you in soar point without knowing at some point!

Didnt know there were quite so many ocukers in Leicester let alone them drinking at SP!