The game industry inherently unsafe. Studios go in and out of existence constantly.
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Re: Ask HN: How can a web Senior SWE move into a good game-dev or game-related job?
#12Please continue to make your minigames in your free time and don't step into the games industry unless you know what you're getting into.
I have friends in the games industry who also went into it because when they wanted a job to make and play games, and now they are extremely unhappy and depressed.
Low pay, crunch times, constant strikes, layoffs, micromanagement is all there in this industry.
Unless you own or found a games studio, being an engineer in games industry isn't what you think it is.