Believe it or not he's learning a ton of soft skills that college fails to teach that are paramount for real life success. During college I "wasted" my time pla

Believe it or not he's learning a ton of soft skills that college fails to teach that are paramount for real life success. During college I "wasted" my time playing videogames, speedrunning, striving for high scores, and forming communities. I graduated with sub par scores but I still managed to be more successful than any of my college buddies (even those with perfect grades). Here are some ways it helped me kickstart my self taught software engineering carreer: - I learned how to enter the zone almost on command. I recognized my triggers and exploited them. - I learned how to moderate a community. Now I see the fruits of that because somehow in the two companies I've worked at I've been seen as a leader even when I was a junior developer. - I learned that learning stuff wasn't really that hard. It mostly requires dedication. I memorized speedrunning routes from google doc files for several games and it translates well into the experience I've had of reading documentation to learn a tool. - I perfected my English. As a non-native speaker, practicing English with natives gave me the tools to now work for companies abroad that are astronomically better than local ones in every conceivable way. I'm sure there are other benefits as well. There are also some risks such as social isolation, but that really depends on the player's surroundings more than anything.