In my experience, almost every job I’ve ever had was earned through making connections to people. I went to an event, introduced myself to people that looked interesting, and either asked for a job or was randomly offered one. I’ve also secured a couple jobs the old fashioned way applying with a resume or responding to Craigslist posts but all the jobs I really enjoyed came from talking to people IRL at events.

Fun fact! PlayStation Plus, Xbox Live, and Nintendo Online subscriptions go directly to them and none of that supports the server costs game developers have to pay to host online games. This is why most online games are forced into the games-as-a-service model, which makes zero sense to me as a game developer. It’s also why most indie games do not bother to add online multiplayer support as it’s far to expensive to pay for server hosting, let alone the cost of development.