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Spoiler: Without reading it, it's shit. People go into it thinking they're in love with video games and get chewed out of the machine after a few years.

pasquinelli 5y ago
what i learned as a gamedev: the saying, "do what you love for a living and you never work a day in your life", is false. it's actually, "do what you love for a living and what you love becomes a job." what you need is a job you don't mind doing, which is the scam of higher education, because you plunk down all that money or debt or both, and years of time, and you get no guarantee that there'll be any job for you, but worse, you have no idea if you want to do that job. meanwhile, corporations have plenty of people to pick from who need to get a job in their field, either for financial reasons or psychological ones, who trained themselves at their own expense. the idea that such a large block of people are cornered into acting against their own interests and in the interests of such a small block of people almost makes one question the idea of liberal democracy.
- WrtCdEvrydy 5y ago
  The one thing that has pissed me off the most about job markets is that companies have outsourced the training on you... the most common remark when interviewing is "we want someone be able to hit the ground right away" I remember hearing about companies actually training their people.
  - stevezsa8 5y ago
    So true. Each time I was hired, I was expected to learn on my own time. The best I could get was a $30 book paid for. I kinda assumed the company was responsible to train you. The only training I received was when I volunteered to be first aid for the office. But I assume it was only due to it being a legal requirement to have some trained people.
xtracto 5y ago
I second this sentiment. I did my BSc Soft. Eng. between 1999 and 2004. At the time I wanted so bad to get into game development. Being myself from a third world country there was no clear path to that. More or less at the same time, the infamous "EA Spouses" scandal broke, and after giving a good look at the industry I decided against it. 17 years later, I don't regret my decision at all. I'm at the top of my career, earning a USD salary, (around $150k USD) living in my third world country with great benefits and developing exciting things (fintech, crypto, etc). I still sometimes doodle around with Unity some weekends, for entertainment purposes
- WrtCdEvrydy 5y ago
  I think one thing I read was about artists. Don't spend a lot on school for becoming an artist, find another job (welder) and then do art on your spare time as a hobby. The creative arts are rarely rewarded and there's stiff competition.

pasquinelli 5y ago

what i learned as a gamedev: the saying, "do what you love for a living and you never work a day in your life", is false. it's actually, "do what you love for a living and what you love becomes a job." what you need is a job you don't mind doing, which is the scam of higher education, because you plunk down all that money or debt or both, and years of time, and you get no guarantee that there'll be any job for you, but worse, you have no idea if you want to do that job. meanwhile, corporations have plenty of people to pick from who need to get a job in their field, either for financial reasons or psychological ones, who trained themselves at their own expense. the idea that such a large block of people are cornered into acting against their own interests and in the interests of such a small block of people almost makes one question the idea of liberal democracy.

WrtCdEvrydy 5y ago
The one thing that has pissed me off the most about job markets is that companies have outsourced the training on you... the most common remark when interviewing is "we want someone be able to hit the ground right away" I remember hearing about companies actually training their people.
- stevezsa8 5y ago
  So true. Each time I was hired, I was expected to learn on my own time. The best I could get was a $30 book paid for. I kinda assumed the company was responsible to train you. The only training I received was when I volunteered to be first aid for the office. But I assume it was only due to it being a legal requirement to have some trained people.

xtracto 5y ago

I second this sentiment. I did my BSc Soft. Eng. between 1999 and 2004. At the time I wanted so bad to get into game development. Being myself from a third world country there was no clear path to that. More or less at the same time, the infamous "EA Spouses" scandal broke, and after giving a good look at the industry I decided against it. 17 years later, I don't regret my decision at all. I'm at the top of my career, earning a USD salary, (around $150k USD) living in my third world country with great benefits and developing exciting things (fintech, crypto, etc). I still sometimes doodle around with Unity some weekends, for entertainment purposes

WrtCdEvrydy 5y ago
I think one thing I read was about artists. Don't spend a lot on school for becoming an artist, find another job (welder) and then do art on your spare time as a hobby. The creative arts are rarely rewarded and there's stiff competition.