It also strongly applies to aspiring game designers. What many young people don't understand is having an idea doesn't make you special. The devil is usually in the details - execution is harder. Furthermore, learning a useful game development skill gives you a better understanding of games. Aside from brilliantly simple ideas, it usually takes work to convince someone to your idea.

I had a friend that tried to take advantage of me that way. Last time I heard he worked as a software tester at a clothing company, but he had made attempts at managing people. To a certain degree, I used to be like that, except I never explicitly tried managing people, only posted ideas on forums. These days I'm a determined programmer. If you're one of those people who love posting on "Ideas" subforums, I have sympathy for you, but programmers, animators, sound designers etc also have ideas, and can make more things happen.