People pay you for a job because you wouldn't do it for free. This is why so many scientists work for peanuts. This is why most game developers work 60-80 hour

People pay you for a job because you wouldn't do it for free. This is why so many scientists work for peanuts. This is why most game developers work 60-80 hour weeks for a salary 30+% lower than what they'd make working that boring Java job at corporation X.