So!  I went to the IGDA, and it was well worth the 1 hour drive! I met so many people from the game industry- people I look at as giants (and some of them really were giants in the industry), yet they were just everyday people that I got to have real conversations with!

There were a lot of really cool people who were doing awesome things.  And I stuck out like a sore thumb- the only guy well dressed (aside from maybe three people-mostly older gentlemen or Mark Methenitis), and the only guy not in the industry, haha!  I constantly got asked, "How did you find out about this?" like it was some secret meeting, and "But, if you're a banker, why are you here?" oh, and "Wow, you're dressed really well. Are you in production?"  Haha!

I've learned a LOT from the meet, and I have a lot to go off of.  I'm going to narrow my focus down, and really hammer on my skills.