The supply is not endless for good software engineers, I had a very difficult time hiring junior folks, since the Facebooks, Googles, and Apples of the world pa

The supply is not endless for good software engineers, I had a very difficult time hiring junior folks, since the Facebooks, Googles, and Apples of the world pay so well, and yet, some people are delusional enough to accept. Artists are easier to hire, and I think that your explanation holds nicely. The easiest to hire are playtesters, who think playing games for a living is awesome, until they realize that making Kirby jump over that cloud 800 times to reproduce bug is hell. Playtesters have the biggest swing from excitement to disillusionment.