When you quit your day job to try to do what you're passionate about, with little to no income, every day can be a little stressful, a little nerve wrecking.
When you go to PAX and the panelists say "If a company on the west coast hires you, MOVE/JUMP to go to the West" and you realize that you did EXACTLY the opposite and turned down an opportunity... you can almost find yourself doubting that you did the right thing.
But, when I went to the meetup last night... I knew I had made the right choice. These are the guys that have gaming in their blood. These are the self-starters, the ones without fear, the ones that don't need to rely on someone ELSE hiring them, these are the kinds that make their own path.
If you're on the east coast, and you want to be part of the industry... don't listen to the nay-sayers. I highly recommend going to the next NY Gaming Meetup. The date hasn't been posted yet, but I'll be there. I haven't finished my game yet, but I'm excited.
The group is starting to explode at the seams. We had almost 300 people there last night. We are at the ground floor of the creation of an East Coast gaming movement. Don't be afraid.
Now is the time.
(That said, the West coast is awesome, and if you CAN go out there, then by all means, it's a great place to be. My friend Cataclyst is out there, so in a way, our Company lives in both worlds)
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