hmm guess I should have worded that better. I meant in the programming industry not the "gaming" industry. I have friends in it all over as I have been working with video games for about 6 years now and before that was writing for Mayfair games and TSR for around 20 years. Freelancer mainly. I guess in a way i could be considered "in the industry" as I have sold some frameworks and been paid to write web games and sold plenty of code over the years but I do not work for an actual studio other than my own which is nothing more than a hobby. So guess I am a freelancer in those terms
About 5 of us right now are waiting on a answer from an investor for a possible 3 year deal to create a MMO but you know how those go. Hardly ever. I could be potentially making some real cash with my web games but end up making them open source and giving them away for free. After this wait however I think i am going to get something official started.