I don't think there's a causal link there. I've interviewed quite a few game development graduates for programming jobs, and they weren't any better or worse th

I don't think there's a causal link there. I've interviewed quite a few game development graduates for programming jobs, and they weren't any better or worse than CS graduates. Plenty of riff-raff like from any other subject of course, but enough decent people that they're clearly not useless degrees either. I do wonder if you're limiting your chances with such a specific degree though. No idea how easy it is to get a non-game job with one of those. I suspect the effects they're seeing are caused by: - dramatic increase in cost of living in the UK (low salaries really burn) - UK university degrees becoming easier. (you won't believe what passes for a 2.2 these days) - The game industry isn't quite as cool as it once was. Chances are you'll work on a crappy game that sells badly, or if it actually sells well you won't see any of the profits. Teams are so big that when friends ask you what bits you made you sound pathetic.