"I've got friends who have graduated and gone on to work for large companies and are wasting their time either doing web pages or database work. Of course, they tend to not mind the work since they're payed very well, at least by my standards. I've been an avid gamer for years now, and would love to make that my profession, but am concerned that I might not make an acceptable living doing so. I hear a lot of jokes about how pooly paid programmers and designers are in the gaming industry, but I wonder what the truth of it is."

Submitted by: Ray Black

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Answered by: Lisa Varner (HR goddess, Sierra On-Line)

"Entry level programmers tend to make in the high 20's to mid 30's. The upper end for engineer/designer is around 75-90k. So the trick is to get your foot in the door and stick with the industry until you have enough experience to command the "big bucks"... but you're certainly not going to starve on the way there!!"

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