Comments on: Ask Game Producer: Which Subjects In School Should I Take If I Want To Be a Game Producer?

By: Billy Miller

Billy Miller — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:30:41 +0000

Communication, Accounting, Marketing, Arithmatic, and Psychology is what Im going for.

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 05:49:22 +0000

@Liam: Yep, good point. Added.

By: Liam E. Hislop

Liam E. Hislop — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 12:36:02 +0000

Not wanting to be biased since I work at Full Sail (thx for the plug, the $$ will be coming shortly.. hehe), I would also add some kind of teamwork component in there as well.
Nothing can prepare you for being a producer more than just working with all types of people as much as you can.

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 09:26:43 +0000

Good point, I add that to list.

By: Eric Fortier

Eric Fortier — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:39:15 +0000

Communication skills are also very important, both verbal and written.

I used to work with several people and I quickly learned that my communication skills were quite lacking. I spend a lot of time reading several times the documents I wrote to make sure that people actually understand what I am trying to explain without coming to me asking “what did you mean there?”.

When I’m about to make a verbal presentation about a complex topic, I first make that presentation out loud to my cat. I know I sound like a complete wacko, but it saved my butt countless times!