Re:Money not skills the problem (Score 2, Insightful)

There are people with the necessary skills and intellect coming out of UK universities. I'd wager the real problem is that they're ending up working in finance, which has far larger salaries than the games industry

Parent is spot on. I know quite a few folks who work in London in IT, in the finance sector, earning a million plus GBP per annum, living in million pound plus apartments on the Thames, driving supercars and even a couple who've bought their own planes. Can anyone on here who's UK based and has friends working in the games industry think of anyone they know with that sort of lifestyle? All my knowledge of the games industry here suggests it's long hours and shitty salaries, unless you're the CEO of Rockstar in Scotland.

Back in the days of the 8 and 16 bit era, people could code up a game at home and get it published if it was any good (thinking Jet Set Willy here) and maybe make it rich (thinking the Darling brothers of recent news fame), nowadays, to compete in the market and get it published you need an army of programmers etc, who'll all work for average salaries. Is it any wonder we've all gone into the finance sector to make our money?