TimM93 said:
pursue a career in game development.

Moved thread to Games Career Development.

TimM93 said:
I currently have a bachelors of Psychology

That's fine. You don't need to get another degree. But you need to learn to program (you said that's what you want to do). Go ahead and do that, and build a portfolio of some games you created, solo and with teams. Also, where do you live?

Most of our members are indie, only a few of us are pro. This forum (Games Career Development) is the place to ask things about career development (what you need to get hired). If you want to ask programming questions, post those in the For Beginners forum where you initially posted this. But before you post in FB, read https://www.gamedev.net/start/

You need some individual projects (two might help get your foot in the door but not at a AAA company), and some team projects (two, same caveat). If you make a game that goes viral, one game will do the trick.

No AAA companies in NYC. You may need to move. Sock away moving money while you learn to program and while you make your viral job ticket.

TimM93 said:
I am trying to head into this industry with little to no knowledge of programming/developing, or even anything related to the game industry.

Okay, well maybe these articles I wrote will have some relevant tidbits among the outdated humor. And at some point somebody else will have some advice for you. Like, for instance, don't turn down jobs from small companies you never heard of - you get spectacular learning and contacts from those “little” jobs.

So,

I also have a psychology degree.

It definitely helps, but you should either join a team or start your own.

Learning from no name indies can help a lot.

Psychology doesn't directly help you with game dev. but it can give you valuable skills such as communication, team work and problem solving , leadership, in addition to research.

If you want to design and program, than learn and do research into those things.

There are a few NYC games studios, but most of them are based in California.

If I may ask, Why did you study psychology?

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