Who says you have to get involved with "the industry"? Just start a sovlful small studio of just you and your autistic friends and go make some cool shit
It worked very well for John Carmack and co. People still play the first Doom to this very day you know
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They were in the exact right place at the exact right time. Yes, they had talent but they were riding the crest of the videogsme industry peaking.