Esports stars have shorter careers than NFL players

Re:Esports stars have shorter careers than NFL players by colonCapitalDee on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @11:37PM (#31176023)

I think that in almost all cases trying to build an esports career (as a player, coach, analyst, or commentator) is a poor decision; the competition is unreal, the payoff is low, the overall landscape is unpredictable, burnout is absurdly common, and exit strategies are virtually non-existent. The only time I would encourage someone's esports aspirations is if they have a decent chance of establishing themselves and if they are so passionate that they can't see themselves doing anything else.

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Re:Esports stars have shorter careers than NFL players by abalaji on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @12:23AM (#31176271)

A lot of this applies to traditional sports too, in fact more so since nearly every high school has a sports program. It's very rare for a high school to have an esports team.

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Re:Esports stars have shorter careers than NFL players by danielmarkbruce on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @12:47AM (#31176418)

replace "an esports career" with "a startup" ?

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Re:Esports stars have shorter careers than NFL players by akshatmittal108 on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @02:57AM (#31177084)

With starting a startup, some of the skills which you learn or demonstrate would be transferable I think. It depends on the type of startup for sure, but talking to prospective customers, design thinking for the product and getting the product to the market is something which is useful in many industries and something which companies will look for in a resume. Can't say the same thing about esports since I am not familiar with the space.

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Re:Esports stars have shorter careers than NFL players by jrh206 on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @06:06AM (#31178169)

Certainly some esports skills are transferable. There are (for instance): surface level things, low-level mechanics (e.g. CSing in MOBAs); larger strategies (e.g. team play, map movements, game sense); and meta-learning things, like how to learn games efficiently, take care of yourself, work with a team in the physical world, manage a career, etc.

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Re:Esports stars have shorter careers than NFL players by danielmarkbruce on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @11:18AM (#31180987)

it was tongue in cheek

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Re:Esports stars have shorter careers than NFL players by Ekaros on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @03:50AM (#31177423)

Startup is relevant and marketable work experience. So usually accepted in other places in huge industry. Same skills doesn't necessarily carry from role to role inside a game or cross games. And spots for supporting personnel are less and have also other competition.

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Re:Esports stars have shorter careers than NFL players by Beta-7 on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @11:04AM (#31180782)

So you're saying that "I wanna be an esports player" is the new "I wanna be a gaming youtuber"

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Re:Esports stars have shorter careers than NFL players by LanceH on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @01:55PM (#31183439)

The gaming youtuber is more common and pays better.

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