This attitude is why Game Development is such a terrible career. You get pennies for doing a difficult job under the guise of "yay fun" as though it is not a multi billion dollar business. You will be hard pressed to find a bigger mug than a mid level game developer. I remember working on the physics of Resistance at Sony for the PS3, and I was picking up 34 bags a year. Pretty much every other programming role I have had since is not only magnitudes easier, but pays way way more. It makes no sense to me at all.