Wow......GDC is huge. Its massive. I believe I understand the general dynamic. GDC is a massive sales program. Software developers sale their tools to game devs. Game devs are selling their games to wanna-be game dev consumers. And the wanna-be game devs are selling themselves to them.
I spent the day collecting swag for my professor who I believe gave me the job in part because he understands how uncomfortable I am jumping in and this gave me an angle. I collected a lot of great swag and I spoke to many game developers.......They are mere mortals. They do not breathe fire. They do not glow in the dark. What they are is a group of talented, driven people who have earned their dues....mostly. It was very encouraging. I felt I had things in common with a few of them. Honestly, their humanity makes what they are able to create all the more impressive.
For my part, I was terrible. I said virtually nothing. But this is why I'm here. I'm here to get past being an introvert and learn the ability to represent myself as well as possible. Today might not have been that day.
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