Started with dreams of creating the next Skyrim, ended up debugging CSS at 3 a.m. wondering where it all went wrong.
WinterRoseCharm on
This is exactly how half of today’s developers accidentally started their careers.
notanotherusernameD8 on
It may not be the dream, but a lifelong career sounds pretty good to me.
ctp_obvious on
Yep. Brackeys is to blame!
GardensAndHoes on
Unfortunately, it is not lifelong, it seems, with AI coming in fast..
dread_deimos on
Could be much worse. Like the actual gamedev.
spacetroneer on
I am in this picture, and I don’t like it 😕
CorgiCabal on
on the bright side, it’s only a few more decades until my solodev open-world MMORPG is complete
haideralix on
hahahahahahahaha 😭
madrnn on
me , ithought make a game very ez
maxru85 on
I fell for the “measuring nuclear blast parameters” and ended up in logistics backend development
ValhirFirstThunder on
Yup
RealJavaYT on
I like the subtle change of Web dev instead of Game dev, which is 500x times more accurate — I wonder how many other web developers got introduced to the concept when trying to pick up game development instead but picked web development for the rest of their life
lohith_ on
so how many years does it take to become a solo game developer?
TheSonyBastard on
shader wizard to spreadsheet sorcerer arc complete
Tavi42069 on
In the picture he is actually rowing ashore.
Bitstreamer_ on
clicked on a dream and downloaded a career of depression
partiftheworlDRuns on
But you can make a game using web stack, wasm is amazing. The hardest part is actually taking the first step and start. The rest is a matter of experience.
Bitstreamer_ on
Started with Unity, ended with burnout and imposter syndrome
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Started with dreams of creating the next Skyrim, ended up debugging CSS at 3 a.m. wondering where it all went wrong.
This is exactly how half of today’s developers accidentally started their careers.
It may not be the dream, but a lifelong career sounds pretty good to me.
Yep. Brackeys is to blame!
Unfortunately, it is not lifelong, it seems, with AI coming in fast..
Could be much worse. Like the actual gamedev.
I am in this picture, and I don’t like it 😕
on the bright side, it’s only a few more decades until my solodev open-world MMORPG is complete
hahahahahahahaha 😭
me , ithought make a game very ez
I fell for the “measuring nuclear blast parameters” and ended up in logistics backend development
Yup
I like the subtle change of Web dev instead of Game dev, which is 500x times more accurate — I wonder how many other web developers got introduced to the concept when trying to pick up game development instead but picked web development for the rest of their life
so how many years does it take to become a solo game developer?
shader wizard to spreadsheet sorcerer arc complete
In the picture he is actually rowing ashore.
clicked on a dream and downloaded a career of depression
But you can make a game using web stack, wasm is amazing. The hardest part is actually taking the first step and start. The rest is a matter of experience.
Started with Unity, ended with burnout and imposter syndrome