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I used to think it was making video games. And then my dreams were strangled by the game company I worked for at 21 and they made me watch. I also got sexually assaulted at work.
This world will take advantage of you and your passions. It will work you to death, pay you just enough to afford a meager apartment, and force you to smile through abuse. It will gaslight you into thinking your hard work will always be rewarded. And then it will discard you in your most vulnerable moment.
Dream jobs aren't real. You just get comfortable doing what you're good at in order to afford doing the things you actually dream about