[quote name='Serapth' timestamp='1312915673' post='4846812']
Oh, you want to be a designer/idea guy? In that case, screw school, you might as well start buying lotto tickets.
That's my point, exactly. It isn't a career. It's a.....happenstance. It's an accident. It's not a job.
At least that's the way most people project it, anyway.
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No, it most certainly is a job. There are lots of game designers out there. It is also quite popular and something comes along the same lines as "anyone can cook". Anyone can design, a great designer can come from any discipline.
Most game designers start out in different paths and then move over to design. We have designers who started as programmers, artists, QA, and writers. You need to prove first that you know what a game is and how to make them, then you can more easily do the job, and also be in a spot where you are most likely to see the opening before it becomes common knowledge.
If you want to be a designer 10 years from now, you need to develop a plan to get into the game industry and develop the general development experience necessary for that job.
