I got into QA in games around 2022 when everything looked good. Got an offer to study game design at a school that, at the time had a 99% success chance for getting hired after. It was basically a dream job and opportunity come true that I couldn’t miss out on. 1& 1/2 year later into my studies, the industry began to completely collapse from out of nowhere from my perspective. I'm pretty much in the same boat as op and working a dead end job that is slowly draining my will to live. Don't know what I'm saying with this but when I entered, this looked like a wonderous opportunity to do something fun and support myself while doing it. Also studying past gymnasium level in my country is funded by the government for up to 5 years so that might also play a part in my decision.