I was offered an internship at a game development company during my last semester this coming Spring and am a bit torn on making a decision.
I am 32, married to a wife who works full time, and have a two year old. I do get paid through the GI Bill to go to school full time but that ends in April.
The internship is at a local game dev company and the pay is low (offered $10 an hour) with flexible hours even up to full time, but generally can work around my school schedule, which will be light. Despite it being a game dev company, I won't be doing actual game dev for the first project, but game dev will come later (Unity3D).
I am not sure I want to take it for the following reasons:
- I'd be driving 45 minutes one way to work for now.
- I have a wife and kid.
- $10/hr is very low pay compared to what I used to do (non-CS-related and will not do anymore).
Does $10/hr sound unreasonable for a game dev internship. I know other software development internships often pay twice as much or more. Any general input regarding angles I am not looking at and the pay are greatly appreciated.