> Right, and in this case, the superior alternative should be an animator who makes a decent living. I mean, i am not entirely sure about animation, but there

> Right, and in this case, the superior alternative should be an animator who makes a decent living. I mean, i am not entirely sure about animation, but there is a “superior” alternative to gamedev, and people still willingly choose it over being a software dev elsewhere. Despite gamedev having way worse WLB and worse pay. Most of gamedevs can easily just become SWEs at a tech company, get paid much more, work much less, and on any numerical metric do better. And many of them intentionally choose not to. And it isn’t for the lack of skill at all. If it was just due to the lack of superior alternatives, then we wouldn’t see this situation occurring in the gamedev/swe world.