I think it's a common mistake for young people to aspire to be a game dev just to make games.

The journey (programming) is the most important not the destination (the game).

If you don't like coding you won't be happy making games (and there's a good chance you won't make games at all).

If you like coding you don't need a job in the game industry. Apart from the work environment, for a real programmer coding challenges in others industries are as fun as in the game industry.