Also, even if you get a job at a AAA game company, you're looking at a 50-75% pay cut from what you'd be making in FAANG. Even salaried game developers are very

Also, even if you get a job at a AAA game company, you're looking at a 50-75% pay cut from what you'd be making in FAANG. Even salaried game developers are very underpaid, because there are so many people who are willing to take the jobs for the fun/love factor (which eventually goes away). The only people making real money are: a) corporate execs, b) people who get lucky with a big indie hit on Steam/etc, c) people lucky enough to work at a company with profit sharing (very rare)