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Heya man, I just wishlisted this because of reading your comments in this post. You're a good dude.
I'm a programmer too, been doing it for roughly 27 years. Next year, I'm going to quit my well paying job, where I have a fully remote working position working with some of the most talented engineers in the field for one of the largest privately held companies in the world, a position I'll probably never be able to get/achieve again in my lifetime; and throw it all away and start an indie studio with my brother and another indie dev. I've wanted to make video games for as long as I can remember. This is a childhood dream of mine.
Life's too short, chase your dreams while you still can. It doesn't get easier when you get older.
Hearing about your passion helps keep me focused on hopefully realizing my own dream one day soon :)
Edit: I genuinely don't understand the downvotes? Could someone help me understand why please? :)
Good luck! I am about the same place in my career and I also wanted to actually release a game (not just make 80% of a game in secret!).
Haha, I feel that! I've got dozens of almost games in my wake. 🙂