Game development seems to be one of the most competitive and least forgiving corners of the larger software development industry. A long time ago, games are wha

Game development seems to be one of the most competitive and least forgiving corners of the larger software development industry. A long time ago, games are what originally motivated me to learn to program I suspect these two things are related. It seems that games are one of the top reasons people learn to program, and it seems we have an oversupply of eager game devs because of it. As for challenges in gaming, I wonder if it is like robotics. I got into electronics inspired by robotics. But it turns out robotics is not really about electronics. It's a lot of things, especially math (control theory), but the electronics part is one of the least important parts of the field, as car as I can tell. Similarly in gaming, it seems greatness has little to do with accomplishment in programming and a lot to do with story, art, music, and user experience.