Honestly game develpment isn't worth it. I have my Bsc in Computer Science so I know exactly what you're going through, I wanted to go into game programming my self, but then I started thinking about it; I'd be working 60-80 hours a week, and in crunch time I'm living in the office, and for what? A little bit higher than minimum wage? And at a senior development position I'm making barely any more money. Game programmers are under paid for what they do and to be frank they get taken advantage of. The amount of time they have to spend in the office they should be getting over 100k a year and they get around 30k (I'm talking Canadian currency mind you). Like I'm sure there are studios out there where you can make a decent wage and not have to put in 60 hours a week, but that's a minority.
