For me, it's a way to bridge two interesting topics: electrical engineering & software development. I was lucky enough to spend 4 years at National Instruments

For me, it's a way to bridge two interesting topics: electrical engineering & software development. I was lucky enough to spend 4 years at National Instruments building Multisim desktop and then a web version (multisim.com). A lot of cad and simulation tools are as complex as video games. But the development cycle doesn't have the work-life balance issues that game dev does.