cybereality Game dev is so fun, but also really hard to make money cause everyone is doing it. Though I guess life is about enjoying the journey, not just working for a living.
Yeah, totally this. I'm very much aware this is unlikely to be a career change for me, and TBH I don't think I would want it to be, in the sense that working in 'the industry' = deadlines, crunch, and lack of creative freedom which would sap the fun out of it.
I also don't expect this to pay the bills unless I get incredibly lucky, hence working part-time still. But I feel I've hit a transitional period in my life (~ 35) where grinding the career ladder for the sake of it is less important than finding that optimum work/life happiness. It doesn't help that where I live in Australia the cost of buying a house is outpacing the speed I can save despite being on a good salary; so every time I look at my savings I keep thinking "why have this if you can't use it".
I can still save for holidays etc. perfectly fine working a 4-day week, and probably even be ok on 3 days if I alter lifestyle a bit, so figure why not do something fulfilling with that buffer instead of watching it grow but achieving nothing.
I should clarify this is NOT financial advice. The unanimous opinion of those I speak to is I SHOULD "just get a house"... but the way I see it, a lot of them are just locking themselves into enough debt they're forced to overwork themselves for ~ 30+ years.
