Comment by protocolture

Gamedev is weird. I want to do it, and am trained to do it, but the working conditions are horrific.

Like half my graduating class ended up in a real estate company making directx based 3d walkthroughs for minimum wage.

Even if you are successful, the crunch is oppressive. The bigger firms will make you labor hard for your art, take all the cream off the top and then terminate your contract.

And yet heaps of people, even me when I am bored, want to do it.