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		maglos on July 22, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Game Programmer Quits Job To Sell Street Food, Dou... Moving up might have been true in 94 but what about now? How soon are you planning on retiring/dieing?

Patrick_Devine on July 22, 2013 [–]

Hopefully never. :-D

The video games industry is pretty difficult to cut your teeth in though. It's highly technical, it has a ridiculous amount of competition and the software produced has a very short shelf life. If you can make it there, chances are you can make it anywhere.

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