Comment by coldcode

It's not like the history of working for game companies is unknown, major studios have always done this. Imagining it won't happen to you is wishful thinking. I worked for a small, poor game company once with a FPS MMO and it was probably my funnest job ever, but it paid very little, and I eventually had to leave and make real money again. The best thing was that the player base appreciated every one of us, and constantly thanked us for making things better. You can have that dream job building games, but it's probably not at a big company with big salaries.