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Have you ever had to give up on a dream career? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by SpaceFox@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I wanted to be a programmer a few years ago but I just couldn't put my head around it. Considering AI is becoming a thing I made the right call there.

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[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Game developer. Quickly realized the working conditions in the industry were not for me. Maybe one day I'll go indie and try to release my own game.

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago

Same. Ex designer and programmer here

[–] Zugyuk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Same here, test engineer with a masters in game design 😓. Caught the layoffs Mary 2024. Hard to work on anything satisfying when I'm busy paying rent