How to start a career in gamedev?

Question

Game development

Hello everyone, I wanted to ask how to start a career in gamedev? Is it worth trying to go to gamedev at all? Or looking for a job in your specialty? I am 22 years old, I have a higher technical education. No work experience. Since childhood, I have been fond of games, I have a lot of gaming experience. Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

Since childhood, I have been fond of games, I have a lot of gaming experience.

there are so many
There are even more of them.
gamedev is a very large area. Start your career by fully learning how to do something useful.
For example, if you know how to draw, create 3D models, animate - you are looking for vacancies in design for games.
You know how to program, write in 3D, write in system programming, you know how to make complex sites - you are looking for vacancies for developers of a client, server or site for games.
In other words, the same people are needed in game development as in finance, advertising, transport, and so on - programmers, testers, designers, system administrators.
Who are you actually as an accomplished specialist?

Answer 2

First, decide on a goal . If your goal is money, then you shouldn’t go into game development, it’s better to go to the banking sector, they pay much more there.
Well, if not money, then you still need to clearly understand the goal. Then it will be possible to answer in detail how, why, why, is it worth it, etc.

Answer 3

Do not look for excuses, you are our doubting friend. What's stopping you from just making a game and launching it?
By the time he graduates from college, a normal person who is fond of game development already has a dozen crafts.
And with such questions at the age of 22 - to the factory!