I've been wanting to do the same myself... My friend works for lucas arts helping with their physics engine (if you haven't seen the video of the demo you need to youtube that shit). And three of my friends are programmers for capcom.
The thing is, my first "9-5" job was being a merchandiser for Dreyers grand ice cream and it still is my job after three years... Only reason why I haven't changed so far is because I'm still in college and I haven't found any other job thats flexible enough to go to school. That and my benefits are far better than all of my friends.. I have a set number of stores I do in a day and if I'm done early I go home... I clock in about 15-20 hours a week and get paid for 40 at $25 plus commission and mileage. so maybe once I'm done with college i'll see if I can jump into the industry but right now i'll stick with my ice cream
oh p.s. anyone in the bay area want free ice cream?
