A career in the gaming industry?

I'll be honest, I know that it is a nightmare to get into the game development field, so the entire time I've been reading this thread for the last 45 minutes or so I was just absorbing all of the information that was written as I do with any similar thread that pops up about getting a career in this field. And the entire time I've been reading and the harder I find out it is to actually get this job I just end up getting more excited and more motivated to get into it since I'll have to really prove myself as an artist to get in and I love being challenged and am willing to give up every waking moment to get this job...If you don't have that kind of commitment or determination, and get discouraged when you find out it going to be a little tougher than you thought to get into the field, then you won't last a week in the job market trying to get a job in game design.

oh god why did i have to grow up?

I'm also working towards working in the industry.
Starting a course next year in digital graphics and interactive media,
and then after that im going to uni on a games development course.
I know its really hard to get into the industry but I cant really imagine doing anything else.
Does anyone think I'll have a good chance of making it once I finish these courses?

"Artists are usually the easiest job to break into because artists are the highest in demand for the games industry. I've heard somewhere, if it was 1UP or Rebel FM that art assets are the most expensive part of development. Generally what you need to be able to do is have the ability to translate words into art, by someone telling you what to draw and you drawing it, or translating hand art into digital art. If you can do either of those successfully, then you will have no problem breaking into the games industry. For journalism, the general advice that everyone gives is just keep writing. I want to be a video game journalist one day, so look at my reviews on the site. I've done a couple of lengthy essay type works and that's what people are looking for in you. If you become a famous user reviewer,then it would be a no brainier for that site to hire you, because they can see your portfolio any day of the week. I generally believe that a portfolio of work is a lot more important than even your degree in journalism, that's because Jeff said that his journalism class that he didn't learn anything useful, so in a job interview or application imagine what that means to him or anyone else who's taken journalism. The general question they always ask is "well your certified to write about stuff, but have you written anything?" "

If you live in Australia, Qantm College is a good place to start apparently.