How does a life-altering sports injury lead to a 10-year career in game development? In this episode, I talk with senior game developer Justin Scott (Justinbieshaar) about his incredible journey from a hospital bed to working on titles like Monopoly for console.

We dive deep into the mindset and philosophy needed to build a lasting career in tech:

• The "Private Server" Start: How modding RuneScape with Notepad sparked everything.

• Fundamentals Over Flash: Why Justin argues learning C++ and "reinventing the wheel" is better than relying solely on Unity/Unreal as a beginner.

• The Athlete's Mindset: How embracing failure in gymnastics prepared him for debugging and system design.

• Escaping Tutorial Hell: Practical advice for turning any tutorial into a personal project.

• AI, Specialization & Ethics: Navig ...