There is a very sizable group of game developers who use C# thanks to Unity so it’s actually pretty common advice for entry level game devs to learn C#.
I'd tell 'em to try it for 6-12 months and then take a mandatory vacation in F500
Game dev was like a kind of inspirational boot camp for me. I got to see (for better or worse) what the true limits of a professional developer and artist were.
I couldn't even stand it for a year, but it shaped my attitude towards work and hard things ever since.