What do you do when you have chosen a career path that you have invested seven years of your life into, only to realize that you are not doing what you are passionate about?

You have no college education and what you really want is to work in the video game industry. Thinking ofthe options available to you, selling games comes to mind. But, you have no experience in retail. Of course having been on a career path for seven years you have settled down, started a family and advanced in pay to a point that is beyond the base starting salary of any career path selling games provides.

Then you consider reviewing games. Having played them all your life you feel you have a better than average understanding of them. Yet you haven't done any real writing since you were in high school, 13 years ago. Hearing a lot ofreviewers in the industry mention they have a college education starts to lead you down the path of realizing you have a one in a million shot of going that route.

Now you come to designing games. Again, a college education plays a key role. Knowledge of a number of computer programs is also a key asset you do not retain. Besides the fact you really don't believe you would be very goodat the design process. Maybe the ability to build an interesting story, but not creating the actual game.

So, what do you do? What are your options? What do you do to turn your career dreams into a reality?

I don't have the answer. Do you?

LordCrom