Career pathway for a

Programmer
By Lee Palmer
A-level requirements, grades and subjects
The top five universities and the A-level grades and subjects which are required to
enter these courses.
1. The entry requirements for Edinburgh university, A- level requirements are; AAA –
ABB.
2. The entry requirements for oxford university, A-level requirements are; A*AA, the
A* must be obtained from one of the following subjects; mathematics, further
mathematics, physics or computing.
3. The entry requirements for Cambridge university, A-level requirements are; A*AA
including an A in mathematics.
4. The entry requirements for imperial college university, A-level requirements are;
A*AA including an A in mathematics.
5. The entry requirements for Southampton university, A-level requirements are; AAA
including at least and A in mathematics.
Degrees required and top five universities to
study at
• The degrees required to become a video game programmer specify that you need
a bachelor's degree in either mathematics, physics or computer science or even
equivalent experience.
• The top five universities to study at in the united kingdom to become a video
game programmer are; Southampton university is the fifth best university to study
at for a computer science, imperial college being the fourth best university to
study computer science at. The third best university in the united kingdom to study
computer science is Cambridge. Oxford is the second best university to study
computer science at and finally the best university to study computer science at is
Edinburgh university .
Jobs you can get from a degree in computer
science
Jobs you can get from a degree in
computer science;
• IT Project manager
• Computer programmer
• Software publisher
• Manufacturer of electronic
components
• Financial and investment
management
• Customer service manager
• IT consultant
 Interests required for a programmer
• The main interests of a game programmer would be game programming as this is
what he will have to do everyday. The interests of a video game programmer
would be technology as they will need to keep up to date with recent technology
as they will use different types of technology and software when programming
video games. Money will be an interest of a game programmer as they would
want good pay for doing there job. Games will be another interest of game
programmer as he will be making part of the game as he is the video game
programmer.
 Entry level for a programmer
• People begin programming as a hobby this is where programmers begin and then
begin to work there way to begin video game programmer. Most new entrants to
the game programmers industry have graduated through university, some
university's will have links with various game development studios where they can
get a work placement. The entry level for a programmer would be just a
programmer as there is no lower ranked jobs that they cant start as.
Promotions available to a Programmer
• The promotions available to a programmer would be to become a senior/lead
programmer. To do this they will have had to have a lot of experience in
programming and will have to have good management skills as the job of senior
programmer is to manage the programmers and oversee what is going on they
also have to make sure they are running on time schedule and meeting deadlines
by doing this they will need to be organised.