(02-21-2014, 03:22 AM)RachelB Wrote:(02-20-2014, 04:05 PM)pauldacheez Wrote: Also, no, you could probably be doing something more productive, at least from what little I know. With your skill you should easily be able to land a programming job or a video game QA job (try Bethesda, you're probably smarter than their whole QA team) (also, hint, don't report bugs that might be useful for TAS).
I guess you haven't seen much of the code i write. I've never done any coding outside of dolphin. It's bad, and only works because i know how to google, and i have tons of time to test a million things until something happens to work.
Quote:If there's anything blocking you, try and see if you can get that out of the way!If you want my life's story about how i'll never amount to anything, and how even a job playing video games would be too hard for me, feel free to ask in the random thread, or somewhere else more appropriate than this. If not, the short version is that i can't, and never will be able to. Sometimes some people just get screwed in life, and there's nothing they can do. You can't solve every problem with hard work, or clever thinking, no matter how much you wish you could.
I've been a long-time viewer of Dolphin's forums and development, but never registered until today. After reading your comment, I felt compelled to reach out and say a few words.
I too was dealt a tough hand in life. I started my life by being stuck in public housing when I was a child, and up until 18 years old I had 0 dollars to my name, no want or need for college, and no real passion. My mom was a single mother and lived paycheck to paycheck. Often times, we wouldn't have food to eat. My grandfather passed away around this time, and my fundamental reasoning for life changed.
I'm 23 now. I'm an assistant manager at Target for 25 hours a week (part-time), and am doing 17 credits in my 4th year of college. When I finish this degree (Technical communications, minor in internet infrastructure), I already have a corporate job awaiting me. I also have a two-year degree in Computer Networking and got A+ certified via CompTIA. I forced myself to get up and work hard, to make something for myself and be respectable. I haven't had a weekend off in 4 years.
Enough of me, though.
The point I'm making is hard work and knowledge are the fundamental ways to obtain things in this life. Whatever the problem you having, there are ways around it. Life is absolutely not easy, and perhaps you just need some light at the end of that tunnel to motivate you. I promise you, with enough hard work and dedication to anything, you can become who you want to be.
-Jeff