My younger cousin was in his first year of college, and he told me he wanted to make video games. I told him about how hard the industry is on developers, and encouraged him to look into other careers. He eventually changed his mind and picked something else (something programming related, I forget what exactly).
He's a really bright and creative guy, and we'll never know what awesome game he could have helped make, if I hadn't talked him out of it. So it can be hard to see what we're missing sometimes.
My younger cousin was in his first year of college, and he told me he wanted to make video games. I told him about how hard the industry is on developers, and encouraged him to look into other careers. He eventually changed his mind and picked something else (something programming related, I forget what exactly).
He's a really bright and creative guy, and we'll never know what awesome game he could have helped make, if I hadn't talked him out of it. So it can be hard to see what we're missing sometimes.