I learned to program because of games and honed a lot of it in the Games industry. Developing games, in house game engines, but also R&D work to push new access

I learned to program because of games and honed a lot of it in the Games industry. Developing games, in house game engines, but also R&D work to push new accessories and other hardware to their limits in all kinds of ways. It is an amazing industry to work at with people full of passion. I left that industry however about 7 years ago and never looked back. The pay as a developer there is really low, and crunching was at least then still a really “normal” thing. A shame though as developers in the game industry are often really highly skilled in their craft and know machines and all their layers very well. Since I left I basically quadrupled my salary in these last years, and frankly my day to day work is easier and a lot less pressure… I’m sure there are good games companies out there and I can imagine that work life balance is a lot better in 2024 then it used to be. Still, pretty sure the pay still sucks… if not I wouldn’t mind going back one day. Then again, don’t mind either way. I found that my true passion and drive is a lot more meta than games themselves.