Sweat, pain, and work?

An industry that practices long hours with unpaid labor?  I would not consider this an industry, but more so a prison.  There are working people out there in the world who choose to work for money, those who work because they love what they do, and those who strive for both.  For those who only work because they love what they do, if the job is financially unstable, is it worth it?

The industry of game development would be perceived to be a really cool industry where you get to make games - AWESOME!...not so much.

The gaming industry is like the pedophile of the creative digital world.  They prey on young men to do their dirty work for them.  As Nina Huntemann states, "It relies heavily upon labor from young men with few attachments outside the office, who are new to professional life, with less than 5 years industry experience, and little political leverage to affect change. According to IGDA’s 2004 Quality of Life report, a third of survey respondents reported an intention to leave the industry within 5 years and over half expected to leave within ten, citing the heavy work load, job insecurity and unrealistic deadline pressures as key factors for their planned exit."  The fact that these men have to worry about the stresses of a heavy workload and unrealistic deadlines makes working extremely not fulfilling, especially when they have the chance to potentially lose their job any day!  I often wonder what these men are still doing sticking around and working under such harsh conditions like these.

I will refer back to my question posed earlier - Is it worth having a job where you love what you do when it is financial unstable?  Do you think this is even a matter of love for work?  Do you think it is simply that a young male came along looking for some kind of work no matter what is was?

On top of all of this, these young men may have wives and families waiting for them back at home - the place they never are.  These wives start voicing their opinions on these harsh conditions their husbands are working in because their work is extracting all of their time away from their personal/family life.  To some, they may view this as the wives just nagging and complaining, but them voicing their opinions could potentially save the lives of their husbands and spark change.  Will real change actually be put into effect, that questions still remains unknown.   Instead of just pushing this topic under the rug, it is good for others to know what is going on because it could potentially start a revolution for change in the gaming industry.

Do you think there is room for change and that a revolution could occur?