• Gjolin
    121·
    2 months ago

    I wanted to be a game programmer. 15 years on, I haven’t touched a video game in over a decade, and I find them pretty boring.

    • Ephera
      6·
      2 months ago

      No idea, if this was the case for you, but learning how the magic works can definitely make it less magical…

    • Oka@sopuli.xyz
      5·
      2 months ago

      I became a Game Programmer. Job market sucks right now, so I’m cleaning toilets and taking out trash at a grocery store.

      But hey, on my days off I sometimes have time to work on games.

      • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        I wanted to get into creating video games.

        I ended up in software engineering for financial companies. It killed my hobby love of programming but the salary is worth it. Exceptionally lucrative, and I have never struggled for work, with great pay, bonus, benefits, equity