[redisman]

I pursued video games as a professional programmer and all it did was kill my enjoyment of games in general. I couldn’t really get my creativity out either because you’re a cog in a 10-100+ person team and often you work on projects you probably wouldn’t play if you weren’t paid for it.

I still dream about FIRE and working as a 1-3 person studio working on silly creative little games for the joy of it.

[Bekwnn]

On the flip side, I work at a 100+ person studio and have enjoyed great work life balance the entire 4 years I've been working there, including a major release. It hasn't killed my passion or made me like video games any less.

I also work on a game I like and have played it a fair bit without being paid to do so.

It is hard to break into games, and harder still to find work on game projects you want to work on, but it is possible. Lots of people do.

[matthewfcarlson]

Same. I’m still way too early in career but I would love to get a few friends and crank out a couple short games.

[nfw2]

Is there a reason you can’t pursue FIRE now?

[redisman]

Money + kids