[siskiyou]

If anyone looking for a career in the tech industry says they love games and game development, please tell them not to work for a gaming company. I suppose they're not all horrible, but the percentage of horrible companies in the gaming industry is too damn high.

[ModernMech]

Tell them to work in robotics instead. A lot of the technical challenges you find in games can be found in the computer vision and robot simulation spaces.

[Asooka]

Embedded usually pays worse than equivalent jobs writing "big iron" software. Is robotics any different? What would you recommend as an entry point to the field?

[ModernMech]

Robotics is great, you can make bank and it’s not a saturated job market. I would say get started at one of the driverless car startups, they are at the forefront of the robotics industry now as it would relate to gaming. Things like industrial robotics and control heavy systems (think Boston Dynamics) might not appeal to game devs.

[TylerE]

This is true of pretty much of any job people want to do (performer, commercial pilot…)

Jobs are generally; Demanding, Requiring Skill, Well Compensated… pick 2

[siskiyou]

I had great experiences in the tech industry for over 25 years with very little overwork, great pay, and though I have some skills, really nothing special. My way to win was getting along in teams, and being vigilant on behalf of customers/company. I have a high school diploma. This was easy money for me.

[TylerE]

Tech for me is "not demanding" for the most part.

Demanding is hauling 50lb concreate blocks or stocking store shelves all day, or something maybe less physically strenuous, but..distasteful, like working with sewage or garbage)