Tech shops say their work is too boring and you'll leave them; if they don't say that, they think you played games all day and suspect you do not have a serious

Tech shops say their work is too boring and you'll leave them; if they don't say that, they think you played games all day and suspect you do not have a serious work ethic. When I left the games biz, I had to hide my time there, describing the years as embedded software development. (I was an OS Dev for the 3DO, then OS dev again for the first PlayStation, then lead for a decade after at places like EA & Sony. I finally left for VFX, but that took two career turns to get there.) In general, games are only now getting professional respect.