--- title: What To Learn To Be A Graphics Programmer | daily.dev description: A practical guide for aspiring graphics programmers covering what to learn to become hireable. Graphics programming is framed as two parallel tracks: the CPU... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-to-learn-to-be-a-graphics-programmer-sivi9qcqv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What To Learn To Be A Graphics Programmer | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide for aspiring graphics programmers covering what to learn to become hireable. Graphics programming is framed as two parallel tracks: the CPU... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-to-learn-to-be-a-graphics-programmer-sivi9qcqv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sIVI9QcqV.png og:image:alt: What To Learn To Be A Graphics Programmer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What To Learn To Be A Graphics Programmer **[Bottom of the sea](https://daily.dev/sources/demofox)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical guide for aspiring graphics programmers covering what to learn to become hireable. Graphics programming is framed as two parallel tracks: the CPU side (explicit APIs like DirectX 12, Vulkan, Metal) and the GPU side (lighting math, shading, shadows, ambient occlusion, post-processing). Recommended learning resources include 'Ray Tracing in One Weekend' for path tracing, learnopengl.com for PBR theory, the Filament documentation for deeper PBR, and the PBRT book. Required math is manageable — linear algebra, basic trigonometry, and some calculus — while knowledge of standard data structures and algorithms is also advised. The author briefly notes skepticism about LLM hype but acknowledges ML has a place in the toolbox. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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