I would love to work in game development. Unfortunately with the lack of enthusiasm for recruiting in the UK (they seem to prefer to squeeze more and more out of the people they already have) chances of me getting onto the job ladder at all aren't very good. If it wasn't for me spending a few days a week working in the stock room of a charity shop, I'd have nothing much on my resume at all. 
There's nothing stopping me from getting the hang of the programming languages, but without experience I'm not likely to get a job here, and if I can't get a job I'm not going to get any "relevant" experience. Sometimes I think employers create this situation just to make things more difficult for themselves. The agencies are a joke, you're lucky if they even reply by e-mail never mind call to ask you to come in.
What I despair about most is not the money but the chance to do what I do best. Though at the moment it seems like I'm the king of whining. 
