The second best advice I can give to anyone is to stay the fuck away from the gaming industry. Terrible wages for a life sucking job.
Join a start up with money behind it and enjoy standing in the fallout of the money flying around for a bit, or join one of these enterprise companies that has been established for some time. Your choice, the first one will probably net you a little bit less and have you back on the street after a couple of years, while the other is less fun and gives you less freedom.
That is true for any software startup / company. Not just game industry. Programming in general is a life sucking job and if you do not absolutely love it on a Stockholm Syndrome level, do not even think about it
