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At many devs, it’s common to see tons of burnout. The industry is generally known to work people hard for comparatively low pay because “you get to make games all day”. There are obviously exceptions but keep in mind that WLB could potentially be worse than consulting.
CoS roles usually exit to Director (or possibly VP depending on YOE) roles within business units. Varies across forms how much having a developer background is required to move up the chain - some places will only want ex-devs in nearly any C-level role (CFO a clear exception), while others will only want that background for product/tech execs.
All of this only applies if you are directly involved with making the games in some capacity. In typical business roles (strategy, finance, etc) your life is unaffected by release cycles and there is no crunch
Incredibly helpful perspective, thank you!