u/Patient-Cloud-3468

Look, I’m not gonna lie. I look at these studios with their 50-person Slack channels, dedicated UI/UX designers, and people whose only job is to animate grass, and I get violently jealous. I'm over here writing the backend, crying over the frontend, doing the marketing, and playing the role of my own abusive QA tester.

The final stretch of development is pure agony. It feels like you're running a marathon, but the last mile is entirely uphill and covered in Legos.

But then I remember why we do this. When this thing finally crosses the finish line, I don't have to split the pie with a board of directors or a useless middle manager. The intellectual property? Mine. The credit? Mine. The money? 100% mine. I carried the entire unforgiving load, so I get the whole damn reward. And once I've officially made it, I'm going to aggressively give back to everyone who helped me stay sane along the way.

I wrote a little poem to cope with the burnout. Roast me, agree with me, or just tell me to get back to coding.

I stare at my screen, at the bug of the week, While AAA studios play hide and go seek. They have teams for their teams, and a guy just for doors, I have a cold cup of coffee and sleep on the floors.

I’m jealous, I’m tired, I’m losing my hair, Writing backend and frontend, which hardly seems fair. But I push through the burnout, the tears, and the sweat, Because quitting right now is my only regret.

When I finally ship it, and the nightmare is done, I won’t split the profits with anyone. One hundred percent of the rights and the cash, (Assuming it sells and my servers don't crash).

I did all the work, from the art to the code, I carried the whole unforgiving damn load. And once I am rich (or at least breaking even), I'll give back to the folks who kept me believing.

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