Working in the gaming industry

[DaSimkin]

I have an oportunity (or potential oportunity) to work with a company porting games to the Xbox Live and PSN "platforms".  I've never worked in the gaming industry before, but I have always been interested in it.

Have any of you worked in the gaming industry, porting games or doing any form of game development?  Is there any reason to think it won't be as fun/glamourous as it sounds?

I've been coding for as long as I can remember, I don't think the work itself will be beyond my abilities in any way, although setting aside enough time to do it may be.

Also, anyone have any experience with the Xbox 360 and PS3 dev kits?  what can I expect?