How I Became a Sea of Thieves Developer

So I somehow accidentally became a Sea of Thieves Developer. Watch me show you what a yeah or C++ programming looks like and how I went from basic console projects to working on Sea of Thieves. It’s a crazy journey where I nearly miss my interview. :)
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Dive into my this video, where I take you through a year-long journey of learning C++ from scratch. Experience the ups and downs as I navigate through the complexities of coding, starting with barely any knowledge and gradually honing my skills. Follow along to see how I nearly missed my chance and didn't get the job !
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[@ZygerGFX]

Let me address this since I’ve been getting quite a few comments about it. I am aware I didn’t actually get the job “accidentally”… but it made for a better title and video hook. Is it a bit misleading and clickbaity? Yes. But I think the main topic and purpose of the video still comes through. I don’t care if you point it out and criticise me for it, because that’s fair enough. But some of you have been getting unnecessarily defensive and angry about it. It’s not that deep. Anyways thank you everyone for the support I really appreciate it ❤

[@phnkcell710]

Nheee it's ok no one actually care if is a click bate or not. Good job 👏👏👏👏

[@kjowl]

i wouldn't bother even reading the negative comments. you got the bag and likes and probably some subs from this video. congrats on your job and hope you have a good programming career.

[@SimGunther]

"Accidentally" is a weird hook. Brute forcing job submissions is not "accidental", it's an unfortunate reality when acquiring any job unless you know someone who knows someone and etcetera. If you're talking "accidental" like you have imposter syndrome from late application to those internships, it's confusing because it seems that you have high standards for yourself. Don't compromise on that. Also, it's not like you're gonna bail the very minute the job doesn't feel like those "Day in the Life of..." videos where you only see them snacking and not much else. I see your appreciation for the hard work that other engineers before you have made to allow the whole community to thrive. Good luck with your wonderful life and thank you for being one more KZbinr making the community a wonderful source of creativity and love for one another! ❤

[@supertenchoo4271]

Hey Zyger you don't have to approve anything to any one you did great ,and this video is very inspiring and so motivative to us ,Ignore haters cos no matter what you did they will throw harsh comment. That Internship experience will lead you to full time job ,just keep learning and grow your skill you did are amazing princess

[@WiseNoodleOfficial]

Seems like well used clickbait. Not the bad kind, you delivered instantly what you offered in the thumbnail and title.

[@dantekiwi7926]

Graphics programming and sea of thieves? Acerola reference

[@Godot-Game-Dev]

Fr 😂

[@PinkeySuavo]

what does acerola reference mean?

[@dantekiwi7926]

@@PinkeySuavo one of his most successful videos on graphics programming is about making realistic real time sea, and in that video he uses sea of thieves as an example multiple times (because their oceans look amazing)

[@PinkeySuavo]

@@dantekiwi7926 ohhh thank you, I thought it is some saying and I searched for it in google/urban dictionary. Thank you

[@FuGyz]

Acerola moment

[@user-lm4nk1zk9y]

> Apply for multiple jobs > Accidentally

[@ZygerGFX]

4:14

[@alskopim]

born to disagree with message, forced to like greentext

[@Cloudighast]

@@ZygerGFX Title: "How I Accidentally Became a Sea of Thieves Developer"

[@sageval3516]

@@Cloudighast Heard of clickbait?

[@Ghost0fDawn]

dont you hate when you accidentally spend a year in college, do several projects, create a portfolio and apply to hundreds of jobs?

[@loldoctor]

Let me tell you about the 12 years I spent in med school before I accidentally became a surgeon

[@VirtueelGamingNL]

Bro I have been working for 4.5 years in the software industry and at my last interview they asked me if I had a portfolio to backup all my experience. I said no once I am home I'm completely done since 8 hours of desk time is enough for me and they basically said well how do we know that all the things you tell us are actually true? I am like bruh I just explained to you why we used XYZ to solve problem ABC and how my day looks wym 😅😂

[@Chevifier]

Wish I could accidentally get to work at any game company😅

[@jacksonshoptaw4556]

And then you get slapped with that "Come Work Here!" Oof.

[@11Tits]

@@VirtueelGamingNL employers want to see you solve an problem chosen and created by you and only you not your job.

[@balazsrippl2339]

"Fuck you ChatGPT" as the title of the physics engine is so real

[@NoOne-fe3gc]

I want to hate it but Copilot gave me the exact answer I was looking for, for something math related I didn't even knew existed

[@Sweepy_Games]

Wow! Congrats!!! I still use lobby from your mirror tutorials haha, crazy to think you have worked at Sea of Thieves!

[@ZygerGFX]

thank you

[@Isaaclolwastaken]

intro got me hooked

[@danlefter5778]

Real

[@texlop2]

Next video: how i accidentaly leaked the entire sea of thieves source code

[@Pwnification]

Im just now starting my programming journey at 29 and really hoping to make games some day. I have a lot of catching up to do because I'm a high school dropout (medical/mental problems). Been taking the free CS50x course online and really enjoying it so far. Right now they have us working with C, which is cool. Getting to learn a lot of core fundamental things about programming. This video was motivating, thanks for that. Best of luck on your journey!

[@moldman5694]

CS50x really is an amazing primer to general programming, hope you enjoy it

[@zoltanhorvath2238]

good luck with that! I hope you are doing well ! :)

[@familiagavassafavoretti4805]

Very rare to find someone that takes so much effort into making the video as dynamic as you do. Awesome stuff!

[@MyCodingDiarie]

Great Video! Your'e actually motivating me to work more on my projects! Keep the Good Work

[@ZygerGFX]

thank you !! and keep working on your projects. I wish you all the best :)

[@DrDandD]

thank you, this was very helpful for my own personal journey to know what skills and knowledge I should focus on for a career in the game development industry

[@JoshuaVillarreal009]

Fantastic Video! Def reminds me of my time getting an internship within the industry back when I graduated.

[@Skeffles]

Amazing to see your adventure into game engines and C++ resulting in such an awesome job! Good luck with your final year. You've got a bright future ahead.

[@ericd.9038]

I've been feeling so demotivated finding a new job, I needed this inspiration🥺Mad props and congrats as well

[@summoningkristiangames]

That's so cool that you actually get to work with Rare. Congratulations!!! 🎉🎉

[@jacksonwaschura3549]

Congratulations! Thanks for sharing your experience in this video :)

[@jj_0]

I might not be the most regular viewer, but I was here at the beginning, and being able to watch you grow as a developer is such a delight. I'm happy for you. Looking forward to see more of your great work in the future. You are great.

[@Nicolas-fm8dz]

Congratulations!! As someone who has been watching you from the early stages of your channel, I am both impressed and proud that you've been able to go from a small KZbinr to an actual intern working on Sea of Thieves!

[@pouyar9422]

Congrats:) Your video inspired me , thanks alot

[@sammyjay5027]

Thanks for sharing this story, I just finished my 3rd year of comp sci and game dev at my university and I'm hoping to start work on some projects for my portfolio! Hearing that something like this could be possible for me is really encouraging. I hope you enjoy your time at Rare! Sea of thieves is such a sick game.

[@alhussienx6566]

Congratulations on your internship , wishing you the best from egypt 😊🙌 I have a similar story I already got refused about 15 times till now , and its really motivating seeing someone in my situation and finally achieving his/her target.

[@metras.]

شفت قناتك وكنت عايز اديك فيدباك بس تقريبا انت عامل كل الفيديوهات It's made for kids فالتعليقات ممنوعه

[@alhussienx6566]

@@metras. شكرا انك قولتي , فتحت التعليقات و هكون سعيد جدا لو اديتني رايك 🙌

[@mauriciorivero]

Outstanding story! Thanks for sharing it and congrats!

[@wanna5543]

This is freaking awesome congrats, love the video

[@cintron3d]

If you get an in-person interview you basically have the job, at that point companies just want you to meet the team and make sure there's good synergy. Congrats! This is a fantastic story of hard work paying off.

[@RiskOfRuins]

Not always. I got an onside interview at RARE a few months back for an internship, and I got rejected because I was too experienced for the internship😅, which sucks but fair

[@kaloyantoskov6818]

So the tests don't matter? Really?

[@WhatDoYouWant000]

Your journey inspires me so much

[@sandiguha]

Seeing you coming out like this, I have some curiosities: 1. When you developed your first games, did you follow tutorials or figure it out yourself? 2. You mentioned (extensively through the video) that you are primarily cpp dev, then why you tagged c sharp in description? 3. In RARE, do you need to use their choice of language or you have the liberty to choose yourself? 4. What do you advise (language, approach, maths, skills, goals, books, expectations) newbies who are aspirant to join game development professionally? 5. Supposedly if you must switch your career right now, what would that be? 6. What changes are you looking for in the game industry in the next five years? If you can answer these that would be really helpful.

[@ZygerGFX]

1. I have used tutorials before although personally i learn much better when I just figure stuff out by myself. 2. Must of been a mistake since I copied some description stuff from a previous video. But I do also use C# quite often. 3. You use their choice since the system and game is written in that so you have to use the same language. 4. This could be a whole video of its own but personally just do and make what you like/enjoy. And then present everything you make; document it and show it off. 5. Tbh idk probably just programming for some form or smth. 6. More stability I guess

[@dmangamesSTUDIO]

That's so cool that you show how you got started in coding to landing the job!

[@abdullahzx6347]

This is my favorite game and I have been playing it since its release. Thank you

[@sillyninja65]

i left uni and decided to work on my my own game and its going pretty well. year and a half all assets hand made and you can play PVP and pretty pretty advanced now, maybe in a few years i hope to get into rare as well

[@Grax27]

Sounds interesting, what’s the game called? I’ve been looking to get into game dev as a hobby so downloaded Godot a few days ago. Hope it goes well for you mate!

[@Agramsch]

Amazing how it can go sometimes. You re living the dream I'd say.

[@WiseNoodleOfficial]

Very motivational! Thank you for sharing your story, this can be scary stuff for a lot of people :)

[@SDev]

Really cool video! I wish I had subjects like that at my university

[@tanishkmahakalkar761]

Your journey was awesome!💯🔥 Keep up the good work! All the Best for your future endeavours..!!!💯✨😁🤩

[@hilovids]

Give yourself more credit!! I agree with some comments that it ‘wasn’t an accident’ - but more for the reason that you worked hard for it! Congrats!

[@GamesBySaul]

Super nice! Was really glad to know that you got the internship when we went, I also didn't realise just how much C++ experience you have, that's really incredible, and quite inspiring, despite the possibility of losing the will to live, doing more C++ out of engine, sounds like fun...and I mean...we work in games, the will to live does not coincide with that.

[@MihajloCiric]

Congrats on that internship must've been really fun! I lived a similar story 2 years ago, I miraculously got an interview for a Technical Artist internship position at Ubisoft Paris Studio. Ended up with a positive response a for 6 months internship and now I'm still here 2 years later ! Its definitely obtainable, so yes I agree with your motivational ending to the video ! It really could be you some day

[@OutMagic]

Bloody awesome mate, wow :D That's incredible C:

[@HarpDevCo]

I have been learning game development and Computer Programming(mostly C# and Java) for around three years now during high school and I recently got the opportunity to talk to some people who work at a Playstation studio. They gave me amazing advice, and told me to streamline my education learning C++, so thats what I have been doing for the past couple months.

[@TheGabrielMoon]

nice work zyg

[@LuluDevJourney]

[@zamo8076]

Well played, it's especially hard in the current times. In my class (thirds year in France) only 7 on 25 got an internship yet and absolutly no one got a work-study program (wich is mandatory for us).

[@Billy4321able]

That's so cool. Congratz on the internship. Maybe one day you'll start your own major studio. Who knows.

[@yoorface4680]

If this is "accidentally" then i didnt know what i can say about my frist job xD I literally went to event "game jam" for fun, meet a few people from game industry and then get offer to work with them, becouse i was active and curious about programming. This was a couple months after i started lerning Unreal Engine on blueprints, then got internship. Now after 2 years i still work with them as mid-dev gameplay programmer :) I learned so much in this time period, but still i has a long way to go.

[@damonperron-laurin9302]

Congrats!! 🎉

[@phoenix7740]

What a cool video! It is really motivating me. Where did you do the courses?

[@the.gamedevguy]

such a journey , wow

[@KashTheKingYT]

That’s really cool you can put that on your portfolio now

[@matek1324]

Good stuff!

[@RugbugRedfern]

It's really cool to see the story of how you got the position after hearing about it from you on Jonas' team, especially as someone in a similar situation! I'm not applying for internships at the moment, but this might make me change my mind. I'm curious, what kind of stuff did you work on at Rare? Did they just drop you straight into working on The Legend of Monkey Island, or was there a training period?

[@ZygerGFX]

Hey thanks. So yes there was a period of time where I had to get used to how things worked there, and I did have a period where I was doing “training”. Although it wasn’t that long and then I got dropped into working on a project, that took some time and once it was finished I was working on Monkey Island. But throughout the entire process you get support wherever necessary so it’s not as daunting as I first thought. :))

[@Steiny5843]

Sure doesnt feel like a AAA game when playing it. you guys fr dropped the ball hard on this update.

[@d7mf3j]

it's probably all her fault

[@The_Official_You2]

YOU WORK ON MY FAVOURITE GAME OF ALL TIME? I must subscribe

Wow, you have a bright future ahead with either KZbin or game development.

[@Patito_com]

I don't know why this video has me feeling like I'm watching a Dani video.

[@jiahoaf2674]

Hii do you mind sharing the projects prompts you had to do in semester 1? I am starting to code on my own and would like tk give it a shot😊

[@yourvix6415]

Maybe it's not like "You can do what she did" but I really appreciate to see that someone has reached far by doing what you like and giving it the time and dedication so thanks, this motivates me

[@the_original_jake]

That's awesome! I had covid during my time at university, shockingly enough, no one wanted to hire interns - not only were there very few, they were obviously far more competitive than normal. Graduated nearly two years ago now, working as a web developer, but working on games and stuff, hoping eventually that I'll get a job in the industry lmao. If not, I''ll start my own studio xD

[@ItsCoderDan]

internships are just one of many ways to show employers that you know what you’re doing. This is actually a lot better then any kind of internship your school could have gotten you (unless you somehow by the grace of god landed one somewhere crazy like Riot Games)

[@ranpergames]

Whoa that was interesting!

[@sajawalhassan1f12]

Her story is like every overpowered main characters story 💀

[@OnyxIdol]

congrats, good job :)

[@ragsdale9]

I'm jealous you went down the road I was trying to take at my community college but they were getting rid of most of these courses while i was there.

[@Quackleb]

Guys the accident is that she applied to all these internships not expecting to get in because they were all big companies, and not caring because she didn't really want any internships. It was a good video with a tiny stretch as the title, it's not that big of a deal

[@mrbajo821]

Impressive, love to see it, has the experience scared you away from the industry or do you think it still is something that you would consider doing after you are finished with university?

[@user-id3fc8qs7y]

Congratulations, can you tell more about what you did as intern gameplay programmer? What technologies and knowledge did you use there? Would be pretty interesting to hear

[@jengjang1481]

great work

[@alfonzo6320]

Lucky you!!! I've been stomping on the doors or all the major companies and none of them ever answered. decided to start my own studio. If i may ask, what part of the game did you worked during your internship? and how big was the team ? Thanks! :)

[@blenderalien]

Really inspiring stuff, as someone starting university young. What kind kf uni do you go to? I wish mine had courses like that, sounds so cool

[@Rexmon]

no freaking way :o why did this make me want to cry with happiness : )

[@alexleonardkrea]

Congrats!

[@Kaiymu]

Congratulations, having an internship is the first step for your long career, so fantastic job !

[@rootbindev]

This is pretty cool

[@Backeyz]

That's awesome and wholesome

[@SparkyTheCreator]

The pure anxiety after hearing the word “pointers” is so bad bro

[@tanishkmahakalkar761]

You gained a subscriber!🫡💯💯

[@ZettaiKatsu2013]

I have only listened to 4 seconds and I am impressed. This voice is very young.

[@reelo7931]

what is that website you used to apply for jobs? would help me im looking for jobs too

[@Koenji]

I believe we went to the same uni as I can tell from the digital academy portal pictures and stuff It's cool seeing someone making content who did the programming course there, i was interested but didn't choose it in the end (just went with Game Design) and graduated 2 years back. Your time there is what you make it, and it seems like your definitely spending your time there well! Congrats on your internship with Rare, and good luck in the future when your applying to stuff!

[@davigy7904]

I’m trying to contact rare just because as a pirate I would like to recommend some improvements to the game,I would love it if when a ship sinks from cannon fire, it had a better animation, breaking apart or something like that instead of just sinking and disappearing, hopefully you will read this :)

[@DapperNurd]

This is awesome

[@noba04]

any resources you found very helpful during the start of your graphics programming journey? in a similar position as you are as a student in uni and kinda want to try and pivot to graphics programming, except theres not a lot of beginner friendly resources in a digestible format

[@tejaswithme3713]

Great video sister! If you get time make a post or video explaining what were the responsibility you have to do as 'gameplay programmer'... Btw I've noticed all the hidden details & found it funny 😅 2:47

[@ODwaalO]

crazy you worked on monkey island, what did you work on specifically for that?

[@njdarda]

what is the job postings aggregator you're using?

[@jeffdunehew]

We all sighed at "pointers"

[@ItsDoodlemeyer]

that is so awesome haha!

[@blackholesun4942]

Journey of an upcoming game dev from Britain

[@Sinbad1999]

Damn lucky you for landing a job at Sea of Thieves. I'm doing a masters in Games technology so i hope i can land a job at a games company

[@the_yugandharr]

mahnn that was inspiring!

[@finnwillow]

Here's a question, what kind of uni are you in? I cant decide betwee a game development or a computer sience one.

[@ImNotGam]

Only losing the will to love 131 times at that point? Damn that's not nearly as many as I thought.

[@Examplist]

i didnt know you have to freeze studies to go gain experience, thought you just work while relaxing semesters' intensity

[@dantekiwi7926]

I see you like chess-like grids for the backgrounds, and they look cool but i think it would look cooler if you made the squares move like on Doodley's youtube videos :3

[@ZygerGFX]

actually great idea thank you for letting me know :))

[@alexyowl]

These grids reminded me of lens distortion grids every time, haha

[@MythoCondria]

yeah, that is pretty cool

[@Satellaview1889]

Inspiring!

[@filipstudeny]

I was learning OpenGL in Java. It was the most fun and the hardest stuff i have ever learned. Obviously I gave up as translating C++ code into Java became almost impossible

[@devclix]

@ZygerGFX, which cpurse are you studying?

[@MrThrifty1]

You should've named your video to "How to work for Sea Of Thieves Tutorial"

[@thiccbeetboi]

Me, a junior C# developer envious of your C++ skills until you said "pointers, heh" in the beginning and I felt it in my soul. I'm finishing my capstone in university and working already but wanting to get back into game dev so bad. Unity basically imploaded on itself in the media so I'm looking toward unreal and ofcourse that means...C++

[@maverickdfz]

Great video! Are you allowed to share your university course materials anywhere?

[@ZygerGFX]

Thank you. And no I’m not sorry