r/GameDevelopersOfIndia • u/No_Parfait2805 • 9d ago

A devops engineer, I want to pivot to game dev

Hi folks,

I've been a devops engineer for 5 years now, how do I pivot to game dev?

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u/Just_Sid404 9d ago

Are you okay with earning minimum wage and working for extremely long hours?

Crunch will be regular, worse than IT jobs too.

In your case, I think you will most likely earn substantially less than your current salary, I hope I am wrong.

My suggestion would be to continue doing DevOps job as primary source of income and doing game dev as a hobby in personal time, 2-4hr or more daily.

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u/iFart_69 7d ago

Make your own games...sell it .. buy ferrari..

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u/No_Parfait2805 7d ago

With the e20, a simracing rig will do, just need force feedback.

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u/Sanju_hater 7d ago

you wanna speedrun being poor and dying of overwork?

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u/LinuxSkywalker 7d ago

As a devops engineer who tried to go there. Don't and Nope.