Riot Games Software Engineer Interview

Noobspectivee·Apr 13, 2016·176 votes·20,234 views

I have a school assignment to interview a gaming software engineer and so I choose Riot Games. I was told by support to post here and hopefully get an answer back. Questions (Software Engineer)

Your Name
Your Specific Degree
Your Place of Employment
Your Contact info (If possible) (email address, phone, or etc)
Please describe your engineering field
what is your current job title
Please describe your particular job and duties
what is your average work schedule
starting with high school, describe your educational background chronologically
If you had to do it over, related to your career or education, would u do anything differently 11.What advice would u give to me as someone interested in pursuing a career path similar to yours?

Thank you in advance for answering these interview questions and if there are any questions that you are restricted from answering due to reasons, please feel free to skip and move on to the next question.

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RiotRiotAaronMikeApr 13, 201638 votes

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I have a school assignment to interview a gaming software engineer and so I choose Riot Games. I was told by support to post here and hopefully get an answer back. Questions (Software Engineer)

Your Name

Your Specific Degree

Your Place of Employment

Your Contact info (If possible) (email address, phone, or etc)

Please describe your engineering field

what is your current job title

Please describe your particular job and duties

what is your average work schedule

starting with high school, describe your educational background chronologically

If you had to do it over, related to your career or education, would u do anything differently 11.What advice would u give to me as someone interested in pursuing a career path similar to yours?

Thank you in advance for answering these interview questions and if there are any questions that you are restricted from answering due to reasons, please feel free to skip and move on to the next question.

Aaron Hathaway
Computer Science with a Software Engineering focus at Arizona State University
Champion team at Riot Games
Friend me in game
I help write the software that drives interactive media like video games and web sites as well as tools for content creators.
Software Engineer
I implement the technical requirements for new characters as well as helping clean up existing code. Champs I have helped work on are Jhin, Kindred, Ekko, Rek'Sai, Gnar, and Sion's rework. Prior to that I was on the AI team and even before that I was on Player Behavior doing Chat Restriction as well as the Tribunal.
I usually work from 9-10am until 7pm at night.
In high school I took AP classes and some higher level Calculus classes. Next I went to Arizona State University knowing that I want to work in the games industry but also making sure that I get the generalist degree instead of focusing specifically on game development. After college and before Riot I worked at a couple of different medical software companies working on their web apps.
I played far too many games in college and sometimes I wished that I paid a little more attention in class.
Be doing stuff in your free time. Don't just do the work that you're assigned in class but also be working on your own passion projects. These kinds of projects will help you understand what goes into the entire project rather than just having the prescribed workload a teacher might give you.

I'd be happy to go into more details if you have any more questions. Please just let me know!

RiotIzeoApr 14, 201615 votes

Aaron already gave you a sweet sweet interview but for the sake of giving advice I'll give a #11

Look at job postings of the job you want -- e.g. Software Engineer at Riot -- and think about applying for it right now. Really think about where you are compared to the requirements/desirables, if the description/requirements really sound like what you want to do (we aren't always right about the job we want, I wasn't! That'd be in my #10), etc. This is something I wish I did more back in high school / college to help center myself / understand how valuable certain parts of my education were. And to tie that in, use what you learned about gaps between you and what you want to drive personal projects, part-time jobs / undergrad research / etc. Of course, hopefully those things are already things you want to do (or maybe you don't want the job you think you want), but it certainly helps with focus and makes it all the more rewarding.

At least, that advice would've been great for me, YMMV :) I certainly felt like a "loosely guided missile" through too much of my academic career :P

NoobspectiveeApr 14, 20163 votes

thanks!

NoobspectiveeApr 14, 20164 votes

Hey! Thanks for replying! you said to add you in game but I dont know your ign so could you tell me it?

haxboyApr 14, 20163 votes

It's the same as his name on here. In this case it's AaronMike.

NoobspectiveeApr 14, 20163 votes

ok thanks

CitadelOfIceApr 14, 20161 votes

Hey a fellow Sun Devil! Rock On Brother

RiotRiotAaronMikeApr 14, 20161 votes

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Hey a fellow Sun Devil! Rock On Brother

Yes!

billxxApr 14, 20161 votes

Nice to see Riot cares :) <3 you guys

arc95Apr 14, 20161 votes

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Aaron Hathaway

Computer Science with a Software Engineering focus at Arizona State University

Champion team at Riot Games

Friend me in game

I help write the software that drives interactive media like video games and web sites as well as tools for content creators.

Software Engineer

I implement the technical requirements for new characters as well as helping clean up existing code. Champs I have helped work on are Jhin, Kindred, Ekko, Rek'Sai, Gnar, and Sion's rework. Prior to that I was on the AI team and even before that I was on Player Behavior doing Chat Restriction as well as the Tribunal.

I usually work from 9-10am until 7pm at night.

In high school I took AP classes and some higher level Calculus classes. Next I went to Arizona State University knowing that I want to work in the games industry but also making sure that I get the generalist degree instead of focusing specifically on game development. After college and before Riot I worked at a couple of different medical software companies working on their web apps.

I played far too many games in college and sometimes I wished that I paid a little more attention in class.

Be doing stuff in your free time. Don't just do the work that you're assigned in class but also be working on your own passion projects. These kinds of projects will help you understand what goes into the entire project rather than just having the prescribed workload a teacher might give you.

I'd be happy to go into more details if you have any more questions. Please just let me know!

Hey Thanks a ton for responding to that, I didnt make the thread but it gave some good insight(being a cs major ^.^)

also everyone I talk to always gives the same advice as your number 11 response

WhatDidYouSeeApr 15, 20161 votes

Hijacking to ask something. I am in college studying mechanics engineering. I want to work in gaming industries after college, but my major isn't computer science. Does that matter? I live in Taiwan, sorry for bad grammar.

GlowshtickJul 15, 20161 votes

Hey Aaron I'm really interested in the riot career field for software development and I have been trying to get a hold of someone that would answer a question for me without, buying things... Anyway, In terms of education, what do I really need to know in order to be a software engineer at riot? If you could get back to me on this without redirecting me somewhere without a mind I would love you.

RiotRickVanPrimApr 14, 201613 votes

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I have a school assignment to interview a gaming software engineer and so I choose Riot Games. I was told by support to post here and hopefully get an answer back. Questions (Software Engineer)

Your Name

Your Specific Degree

Your Place of Employment

Your Contact info (If possible) (email address, phone, or etc)

Please describe your engineering field

what is your current job title

Please describe your particular job and duties

what is your average work schedule

starting with high school, describe your educational background chronologically

If you had to do it over, related to your career or education, would u do anything differently 11.What advice would u give to me as someone interested in pursuing a career path similar to yours?

Thank you in advance for answering these interview questions and if there are any questions that you are restricted from answering due to reasons, please feel free to skip and move on to the next question.

For Prospectivee,

James Leitch
Software Engineering (diploma says "Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering")
Champion team at Riot Games (same as Aaron)
I'll try to answer questions posted here or friend me in game.
My career so far has been all gameplay stuff, which means working with designers (or other content creators) and building/improving systems to support the features they want. This can range from small things like hooking up an existing aim assist system, through larger things like building a buff system to drive elemental weapons and abilities/power ups (both examples taken from my previous job).
Software Engineer
Same as Aaron with regards to champions: build/debug/extend tech to support upcoming champions, while also trying to gradually improve the existing tech. Champs I've helped worked on are Azir, Kalista, Aurelion Sol, and some minor support for Gnar, Rek'sai, Bard.
Usually around 11-7, periodically staying later if I'm really focused on something or there's a deadline.
Where I grew up there weren't any AP classes, so I just took the normal stuff in high school. After graduating, I went into general engineering at University of Calgary. I chose engineering over science because it sounded cooler. Between 1st and 2nd year of university, I took a year off -- during which time I figured out I wanted to go into software and into games. After that I came back and chose Software Engineering as my major. Between 3rd and 4th year I interned at an educational software/hardware company, which is where I learned most of my practical skills (internships are important!). After interning, I finished my degree, graduated, and started at EA, where I worked for 2 years before getting my current job at Riot. It's worth noting that I started coding in grade 8, but I only ever thought of it as a hobby until I took that time off and decided it was what I wanted to do professionally.
I would take the compiler class at university that I didn't want to get up for (it was at 8 AM). I would also suggest working on games in Unity/UE4 to build up a portfolio. I had tried to build a game/engine from scratch, which was a great experience, but not as relevant as building/working on gameplay systems, which is what you'd be doing in Unity/UE4.
Be appreciative of how and why things work, not just that they do work. Curiosity and desire to learn are hugely important traits. Also try to work on some long term personal projects. I found a lot of school work didn't do a good job of preparing me for real work, because generally assignments involved solving individual problems in a vacuum, where the code is written once, and then thrown away. As a result, considerations like performance, maintainability, and extensibility get overlooked. Having something you work on over the course of several years will hopefully help build up these skills, in addition to whatever you learn in school.

Cheers, James

ProspectiveeApr 14, 20163 votes

I just want to let you know that I appreciate you. Alot. Along with every other rioter in here.

stipherzzzApr 14, 20161 votes

I just gotta know, when you say university of Calgary do you mean the one in Calgary Alberta Canada?

Just curious to know as I'm just finishing up first year engineering there, with my desired major as Software Engineering :D

RiotRickVanPrimApr 15, 20162 votes

Always glad to hear about people getting into software. What's your favorite thing about programming/software engineering?

I do mean Calgary, Alberta :) As I said in my post above, I would highly recommend participating in the internship program. I gained a tonne of valuable experience over the course of my 16 month internship (and getting paid for a year between 3rd/4th year was great too). If you're interested in gaming, I'd also recommend taking CPSC 453 (Introduction to Computer Graphics).

stipherzzzApr 15, 20161 votes

My favorite thing about programming/software engineering would have to be the ability to create something tangible (while not physical, it's close enough) to express any idea I have, no matter how wacky or strange lol. Programming also allows for a lot more fun/flexibility/creativity then all of the work I do in classes, but unfortunately with finals I don't have much time to work on my own projects.

Yeah the internship is definitely something I'm interested in doing, if you could tell me though, do you get to pick the place, or just generally take whatever comes?

Definitely interested in gaming as well, just went and took a look at the overview for CPSC 453; looks like a great class. I'll be adding that to my electives in 4th year :D

RiotKeeper ArcanusApr 14, 201610 votes

Angus McQuarrie
Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering with a minor in Cognitive Science
Game Systems team at Riot Games
Friend me in Game
My degree is an intersection of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering - both writing software as well as building analog and digital circuits. I've only ever professionally done software, although I've done it at many levels (web services, game logic, graphics drivers, line of business applications, etc.)
Software Engineer
I'm the tech lead for a new feature we're working on that involves touching a large number of different tech stacks. This means I write a lot of different kinds of code and am ultimately responsible for the technical quality of the work others are doing on these features. The latter primarily involves talking to people and doing architectural and code review. I also fix bugs in random systems like champion select, runes and masteries, in game items, vision stuff, etc.
I usually work from about 8am to 6pm, although it varies and I have a lot of freedom to shift this around according to my needs.
In high school I took every math, computer science (which my school offered) and science class (other than biology, which i now wish I had taken) class they offered. I TA'd Chemistry twice and took AP Physics and Chemistry. I was admitted to Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, which is a 5 year bachelor's program where you alternate 4 months school, 4 months internship. I ended up doing 6 internships at 5 places (two at a small .NET shop, one at Epson, one at Apple, one at Deloitte, and one at Microsoft). I took mostly digital logic (FPGA stuff, processor pipelining) and software courses, and dabbled in analog circuits. I failed 3 courses one term because I was doing too many extracurricular things and overloaded my term taking 7 classes at once, but talked my self out of being held back with the help of the Engineering society. When I graduated I got a job working on Xbox Live, and then on Halo at 343 Industries before coming to Riot.
I would have taken more Biology stuff. In my opinion Genetic Engineering is going to be the next big paradigm shift on the scale of what software was and I would be better positioned to follow that with a bit more academic rigor. I don't really regret failing those courses, it's important to hit walls in your life so you can overcome them and it was character building.
Network. Figure out what you want to do and attack that thing, do stuff in your spare time, go to conferences and meet people. Have opinions on things that are well developed and that you can articulate. Be interesting. I got my first internship because I had joined the ASIC club and helped design a phase-locked loop in Cadence. This had absolutely nothing to do with anything the company wanted me to do, but it made me stand out from the other 100 people that were applying for jobs in my class. I suspect I have gotten interviews because my resume talks about being interested in Bees (and I can describe in 30 seconds some interesting things about a bee's visual system when they ask me about it).

Cheers!

ProspectiveeApr 14, 20162 votes

Thank you for taking the time to help some weird students out!

RiotDizzyKaApr 14, 20169 votes

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I have a school assignment to interview a gaming software engineer and so I choose Riot Games. I was told by support to post here and hopefully get an answer back. Questions (Software Engineer)

Your Name

Your Specific Degree

Your Place of Employment

Your Contact info (If possible) (email address, phone, or etc)

Please describe your engineering field

what is your current job title

Please describe your particular job and duties

what is your average work schedule

starting with high school, describe your educational background chronologically

If you had to do it over, related to your career or education, would u do anything differently 11.What advice would u give to me as someone interested in pursuing a career path similar to yours?

Thank you in advance for answering these interview questions and if there are any questions that you are restricted from answering due to reasons, please feel free to skip and move on to the next question.

1.) Amelia Von Haden 2.) Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering 3.) Experimental Gameplay Team on League of Legends 4.) Friend Aaron, he can get you mine as well ; ) 5.) Game engineering in a general sense is the creation and simulation of virtual worlds and their ancillary components. Some game engineers specialize in networking systems that send information between instances of the game and different kinds of servers. Others specialize in rendering, building visual simulations that produce a viewport into the simulation. Some engineers build tools to allow content creators to author content like VFX, animation, and AI. I'm a game engineer that specializes in gameplay so I build systems that simulate movement, camera, inventories, combat and so on. 6.) I prefer Gameplay Programmer. 7. ) Gameplay Programmers work closely with Designers, Animators, VFX Artists, 3D Artists, and QA to bring a feature from an idea on paper into reality within the game. Once the system is built a gameplay programmer supports iteration on that system when the system requires new features, needs bugs fixed, ect. Empowering and unblocking our teammates so that they can iterate fast, efficiently, and have the systems they need to build content is our top priority. I worked on Illaoi, Jhin, and some new champs on the Champion Team previously before moving to my current team where we are prototyping gameplay concepts for the future of League of Legends. 8.) 10-6 or 7 is pretty standard 9.) In high school I was lucky enough to have a fantastic programming teacher named Mr. Frisby. I went through C++ AP certification, Visual Basic Microsoft Certification, and my high school sent me on to take Java Programming and CISCO networking courses at a local technical college my Junior and Senior years. I went to the Milwaukee School of Engineering to study software engineering where my favorite courses were Operating Systems, Robot in a Box, Computer Security, and Modern Physics. My senior design project was a home brew game console with wireless controllers, multi core processor, always on dashboard, mp3 player, and custom games. I worked at EA Tiburon on Madden, Human Head Studios on Prey2 and unreleased titles, and BioWare on Dragon Age Inquisition and other titles. 10.) I definitely would have gone to a public school, but that is pretty specific to my personal situation. I would have also studied 3D vector mathematics harder before my first game studio interview. I dipped into them briefly in a computer graphics course in college, but the applications are so different between rendering triangles in computer graphics and aiming explosive rockets in 3D space for gameplay. 11.) There has never been more free professional game development tools! Its pretty exciting. As a student looking to get into making games there is an array of free game engines for you to begin learning and prototyping in. I would start building games as soon as possible. A finished game, no matter how small, is impressive to have on a resume. If you're interested in console / PC gaming then try to learn C++ and choose a game engine that allows you to practice those skills. If you're interested in mobile development learn Java / C# and play with Android's free SDK. Get comfortable with an IDE like Microsoft Visual Studio or Eclipse. Use a version control system like Git to store your project's progress in to become familiar with them. Learn your 3D math! :D

ArlanKelsApr 14, 20162 votes

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1.) Amelia Von Haden

Mmm...

Von Haden

Mmmmmmmmmmmm.....

Von Doom

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

RiotDizzyKaApr 14, 20162 votes

I may or may not be a super villain / castle dwelling ne'er do well [slayer-jinx-wink]

SofaKingHi420Apr 15, 20161 votes

Awesome for replying and helping a student.

I have a question that may or may not be offtopic. If you were starting the learning process from the beginning, with little more Knowledge of information systems than pushing the on button - What skill/Language/Book/information would you seek out first? What skill do you find is most helpful in your current position? If you were hiring an engineer for your team, what is the one skill that they would absolutely need to posses in order to be considered?

RiotDizzyKaApr 15, 20162 votes

Hmmm... that's a tough one. If I were starting the learning process of Programming specifically from the beginning what is the thing I would do first? I personally got into programming by tinkering. I got a copy of Visual Basic, downloaded a Borland C++ compiler and just started messing around by looking up keywords and examples of what I wanted to do online. Tinkering only got me so far though. My skillset was restricted to copy pasta'ing examples, changing something in that example to see what it would do and hitting compile. I didn't start beginning to develop real skills until I started taking directed programming courses at my high school, which I know aren't available in all high schools.

So if I knew what I do now, but had to start over I would know that dry textbooks would not be effective because they would bore me, so I'd need a goal to keep me grinding through the boring parts to achieve something. I'd set my sights on a simple game, because I'd want to write my own games - Hangman, Pong, Tic Tac Toe, choose something simple like that as my goal. I'd know that graphical representation is added complexity, so since I'm a beginner I'd program these games in text form ( In a command window a tic tac toe board for instance is ouput with english characters like |X||o| | and takes input from the command line ). Then, I'd choose a language to start with. I'd choose Java or C# since they have strong OOP concepts but lack the added complexity of memory management and pointers. Choosing a "lighter" language like Python might not set me up well for the type of programming I hope to do ( games ) even though it would be valuable if I eventually wanted to be a different type of programmer. I might choose Java because its very similar to C# and moving from Java to C# is in my opinion an easier conversion than from C# to Java BUT I know that the free Unity game engine uses C# for script and if I choose C# to learn then I could eventually move into using a game engine to hone my skills. I'll keep in the back of my mind that one day I need to learn C++, but wait until I have proper instruction to learn good fundamentals. Then I'll buy a "gold standard" reference book for the language I chose knowing it will be good to use from time to time, but internet searches will likely give me most of the information I want to find.

My favorite reference for C is "The C Programming Language" - https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B009ZUZ9FW&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_NXxexb1FJXWB2

My favorite reference for Programming Patterns is "Headfirst Design Patterns" - https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B00AA36RZY&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_4Yxexb0RDAQ9A

I unfortunately don't have favorite books for C# or Java, but maybe another engineer could chime in and suggest something. Honestly, in this modern era of available information on the internet a reference book is probably not key to your development until you enter directed programming courses.

SO. Wow, that was a long answer :D

TLDR; I'd choose a simple game to make like Tic Tac Toe. I'd build it as a text game. I'd choose C# and download free Visual Studio to develop in. I'd start looking up examples of how to do input and output from the command line in C#. I'd start looking up examples of data structures like arrays in C#. I might even download an example of a tic tac toe game that someone else made and tinker around in the code they wrote to see what things do. Then I'd enroll in programming courses at my earliest opportunity!

RiotDizzyKaApr 15, 20162 votes

And to reply to the second question you had : "What skill do you find is most helpful in your current position? If you were hiring an engineer for your team, what is the one skill that they would absolutely need to posses in order to be considered?"

A long time ago when I got my first internship and my engineering manager, Mickey, asked me to look for other students that would be good to hire she told me it doesn't matter what language they know because we can train that - what matters most is they have the ability to learn. I find that that has continued to be a truth as a programmer. The most important skill you can have is the ability to keep learning, a hungry curiosity to do so. Trends will change constantly - what types of languages and tech are popular, so if you sit on your laurels your skillset will quickly be obsolete.

The industry talks about "T Shaped" engineers a lot. I think the term was coined by Valve. What that means is that we like engineers who specialize deeply in one area ( animation maybe ) but are generalist enough that they can help out in most other areas. This is what makes an agile developer, and if you have the ability and drive to keep learning then you'll quickly become T shaped by virtue of these things alone.

ZielmannApr 13, 20168 votes

Upvote for visibility. Good luck on the project!

arc95Apr 13, 20168 votes

as a cs major i really hope they answer this [slayer-jinx-catface]

ZedexApr 13, 20165 votes

Sorry to tell ya, support told you to post here so he wouldn't have to deal with it. Was probably the end of the guys shift. Riot ain't coming. They don't address real issues, why would the address education threads like this?

AírApr 14, 20169 votes

I find it funny that at least 3 rioters responded.

Rip.

SociopathFriendApr 14, 20162 votes

I know- it's like the Reds actually do like the community when the community isn't tremendously hostile towards them.

TNHA BaritoneApr 14, 20163 votes

There's a reason why threads are hostile (because the lack of attention)

However, I think Rioters should have the freedom to choose what to post without being judged or blamed (though topics should not be ignored if they are rolling in upvotes)

I think it is great that they are helping the Original Poster. Different Rioters post on different things. It might just even be easier to post on.

Serika ZeroApr 13, 20165 votes

This is the kind of projects kids get in NA schools? It sounds like being interrogated by the police, even worse than my social skills 0w0

Really that's normal? If so, I'm moving to US, it should be sooooo easy to deal with people then

Riot IronyMooseApr 14, 20164 votes

Dave Heironymus
Bachelor of Science (Comp Sci), University of New South Wales (Australia)
Riot Games
Posting my email address on a public forum seems unwise... Happy to answer questions here.
I work on the Sustainability Initiative, where we're working to improve the core tools for creating champions, skins and other features. My background is in general game engineering on consoles.
Engineering Manager
I do a few things: I mentor most of the engineers on Sustainability, I help Sustainability's Product Manager get the right technical context to make good product decisions, and I sometimes get enough time to write code. Whatever needs to be done!
Usually 9am-6pm.
Some computer classes in high school, then Comp Sci at college (or "uni" as we call it in Australia).
Maybe work harder in college? I was a bit of a slacker, but I finished strong! My career has had ups and downs, but I wouldn't change much.
Just write code, no matter what it is. Make games, websites, whatever you love, make more. If you want to be a serious coder, learn C++, and learn it well. Pretty sure Heimerdinger would write C++

Feel free to ask questions!

NoobspectiveeApr 14, 20162 votes

Thanks a lot!!

LohrrApr 14, 20161 votes

Heimerdinger would've written his own language to better fit with his creations imo. :)

NyxcerisApr 14, 20161 votes

Not related to post, why isn't your name red? :(

RiotRiot GweezleburApr 14, 20164 votes

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I have a school assignment to interview a gaming software engineer and so I choose Riot Games. I was told by support to post here and hopefully get an answer back. Questions (Software Engineer)

Your Name

Your Specific Degree

Your Place of Employment

Your Contact info (If possible) (email address, phone, or etc)

Please describe your engineering field

what is your current job title

Please describe your particular job and duties

what is your average work schedule

starting with high school, describe your educational background chronologically

If you had to do it over, related to your career or education, would u do anything differently 11.What advice would u give to me as someone interested in pursuing a career path similar to yours?

Thank you in advance for answering these interview questions and if there are any questions that you are restricted from answering due to reasons, please feel free to skip and move on to the next question.

Michael Ivey
Bachelor of Arts, Religious Studies
Riot Games
I’m @ivey on Twitter, I usually notice mentions there
I work in Service Availability, writing mostly HTTP services and automation systems.
Senior Software Engineer
I write code. As part of that, I also write tests and build scripts and documentation. I spend a good amount of time talking about what we are going to build, how it will interact with other systems. I also help other members of the team with build scripts and automation.
I start around 8 am most days, from my phone: checking email, reading news, catching up on chat. I usually get to my desk around 10:00. We have a daily meeting in the afternoon, and I usually have another meeting or three. I spend a lot of my time talking to other folks on my team, or working directly with them on projects. I usually call it a day by 6:30 pm.
I left High School early, went to Georgia State University and got a 4 year degree in 5 years. I studied Film & Video, Folklore, and eventually Religious Studies. I graduated and went straight to work as a sysadmin.
I made some decisions around where I worked a few times that I suffered for - working for people who weren’t kind, or ethical, or for projects that were doomed from the beginning. Those jobs led me to where I am now, though, so I don’t think I would change anything.
Don’t feel like the only path is CS degree then grad school. If you’re passionate about learning and can do stuff on your own, it’s possible to make your own path.

DorkunedAurasApr 13, 20162 votes

I'd send in a support ticket hoping that one of them would transfer it over to the engineering dpt.

XVgayyJxXoApr 13, 201618 votes

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I'd send in a support ticket hoping that one of them would transfer it over to the engineering dpt.

"I was told by support to post here"

DorkunedAurasApr 13, 20166 votes

... oh

Missed that part.

rescuedApr 13, 20169 votes

It was the second sentence...

DorkunedAurasApr 13, 20166 votes

yeah yeah yeah. I skimmed over it and got the general idea.

R2D20Apr 13, 20162 votes

https://zippy.gfycat.com/EasygoingFreshKingbird.webm you have my upvote - for Rito to notice you~

Gated D LatchApr 13, 20162 votes

Bump [slayer-jinx-wink]

McKeifusApr 13, 20162 votes

Rito plsssssssss hnnnggggg

Troll for TrumpApr 13, 20161 votes

CertainlyT lol

ZedexApr 13, 20162 votes

You did read the title right? Software Engineer, not champion designer.

rtbf22147970Apr 13, 20161 votes

Bump! 12. How involved are you in other facets of design such as concept, items, design, etc?

RiotDizzyKaApr 14, 20162 votes

The amount of creative involvement really varies based on your personal interest in the subject. Riot values direct feedback between individuals from any discipline to any other discipline. If you have concerns about a new item, a concept, you're encouraged to give that feedback even if you're not on the same team. The Champion team for instance is structured in such a way that each small group that's assigned to build a champion can be involved in ideation ( brainstorming ) and the whole group is responsible for being aligned around and championing ( ayy! ) the concept that they land on in the end. It also really depends on the type of work you're doing. If you're maintaining a system that already exists then there isn't really a lot of new stuff going on, you might be focused on making the system better or just adding quality of life features. Some engineers don't really like being involved in this process and are more interested in tech for tech's sake, some engineers love this stuff and find it essential to development!