Education question
 

If someone wanted to learn how to set up and run an emu, what type of education/schooling should they look into? I'm assuming a computer science degree? However I'm also looking for specifics. What fields are priority for someone wanting to learn how to do this?

honestly, basic reading comprehension and the ability to use a search engine is all that is really required.

that being said, it'll help a great deal to learn basic scripting (perl) and relational database (mysql) concepts if you intend to do much customization. after you have a decent grasp of that, it shouldn't be too difficult to move into modifying the source code itself.

some people learn concepts better by diving right in and reading/learning as they go along, being forced to fix the things they break along the way. it just depends on the type of learner that you are.

Ive been attending school now for a few years in Video game Design and production. With a focus on writing. That being said getting some background in C/SQL etc through my education has been incredibly helpful. But for the most part 99% of what i have done scripting wise has been self taught. Theres alot of Emu thats custom to emu itself, so while having a education background in some areas has helped its really only helped in a fundamental way.

There are a lot of great resources around here and just looking at people scripts/scripts within the PEQ db can teach you ALOT. Perl is relatively simple, and i did pick up a book: http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Perl-...=learning+perl

which helped me solidify my conceptual grasp of PERL.

But really, if your looking to break into EMU deving. SIt down for a few hours a day (or week, w/e your schedule allows) and just play with it. Thats been the #1 teacher for me these last 8 months or so.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say most the people who work on the emulator do not have computer science degrees. I do, but I started working on the emulator before my degree.

You really only need computer proficiency, time, reading ability and the willingness to make mistakes to be able to setup and run a server. The guides are a lot better than they used to be (though still need improvement imo).

Interesting. Ok, thanks for the responses. I have considered this at times, but reading questions/responses it seemed way out of my league. It was like people may has well been talking Chinese. But again, I've only skimmed over the how to guides.