The human cost of Red Dead Redemption 2 (Eurogamer)

[DonFerrari]

Cerebralbore101 said:

DonFerrari said:

You shouldn't enter a student loan to enter a career that doesn't pay-off.

And at the Geralt discussion, it's ridiculous. The writer is a milionaire complaining the studio won billions and didn't pay him enough. Geralt defends what people are saying, yet we have seem a lot of complains on work conditions against CD Projeckt.

@bolded Yeah, I agree. Not to mention that everything you are taught at a "game school" is learnable on your own via the internet, and/or books. Learn to make your own games, and get that hit Indie on steam! Orrrrrrrr go into massive debt for the chance to work 60 hours a week for a company that will lay you off once development finishes. 

Yep. But that is valid for any career. If the expected wage of that career is X, calculate how much you are going to put to learn it and see if it's sustainable.

About game developers I would say that you are possibly right that someone learning on their own either EDX, Youtube even moving for 3 years to a country where the classes is quite cheap or whatever them making their portfolios or indie games would be a more efficient way to enter the market.