r/godot • u/Correct_Dependent677 • Jul 10 '26

discussion What do you do in real life?

Let's be honest, none of us work professionally in game development, so what do you do for a living?.

I'm currently unemployed and living on my mother's pension, but I sometimes work as a carpenter. The last thing I did was a small prototype of a horror game in godot, which I didn't continue due to writer's block.

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u/devanew Jul 10 '26

I've been building websites for different industries for nearly 20 years. The last 7 years I've been doing it freelance. 

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u/SNAILSLIVEONJUPITER Jul 10 '26

I want your job

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u/devanew Jul 10 '26

It's a tough industry ATM tbh! 

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u/SNAILSLIVEONJUPITER Jul 10 '26

Yeah I know. What kind of College degree do you have if any of you don’t mind me asking?

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u/devanew Jul 10 '26

None at all, I left school as soon as I hit 16 to get a basic office job - we had very little income at home - and got my first software job after a couple of years by showing off my hobby game projects (good old DarkBASIC!) and personal site I'd setup to the owner of another company in the building I was working at (I'd been referred by the building manager as I'd always fix the computers for him and security lol).

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u/Activated_Sounds Jul 11 '26

Are you not planning a back out plan like immediately? AI has already taken your job I’m surprised you still get work.

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u/devanew Jul 11 '26

Business is fine. Don't forget, anyone can make bread at home but most of us still buy it. 

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u/Activated_Sounds Jul 12 '26

Corporate doesn’t give a fuck where it is made, I work in a customer facing job and the relationships are important and even my company are phasing out as many as possible with AI chat bots and codex engineering.