How my corporate job prepared me to be a gamedev (Patreon)

Most of our audience (including me), doesn't go straight into gamedev the moment they graduate. Instead we spend a few years working a (somewhat) unrelated job to the gamedev scene before we take the plunge. But I think this is good, and I've actually learned a lot of things through this regular employment form, that has given me a leg up compared other "direct to gamedev" studios.