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> The most surprising thing is how little professional people get paid, again compared to web dev. They pay less because they can - there are many more highly
by phone8675309 3y ago
> The most surprising thing is how little professional people get paid, again compared to web dev.
They pay less because they can - there are many more highly motivated people who dream of making video games than there are open spots.
People are less highly motivated who dream about making Another Corporate CRUD App 2.0 (this time with Firefox support), and there are a lot more job openings.
- raincole 3y agoYes, I understand that. It's just like filmmaking industry but not that bad. If I had had the same level of understanding of economics as I do now, I probably would have stayed in web backend development.
- pxc 3y agoFrom an engineering perspective, are there any things you prefer, or are at least glad to have learned from, in game dev?