If the choice was Zynga or a non-game career which would you choose?

So your dream career is working in the video game industry, but it is difficult to get into. What if the only company that offers you a position is Zynga? Would you take it or switch to some boring, non-game field?

You could work there for a couple years, ship a game or two, then leverage that experience to maybe get a job somewhere else. You might even work for one of the teams that isn't worked to exhaustion.

Personally, I wouldn't do it. I don't like the idea of it making me get burnt out on working on games too early. I'd probably get a boring job, but still work on games on my own time and hopefully use that experience to get a job later.

But hey, that's what this club is for (shameless self promotion). It's to get you enough experience now, so you might get a job somewhere better when you graduate. p.s. feel free to delete your posts from here if you're nearing graduation and willing to work for Zynga.

I would get another job. I'd rather be an Independent developer with an non-game programming day job than work for a company that makes games like that.