For some skill sets the non-games options to work in are comparatively 'soulless' or 'soul-crushing' (not my words, but ways I've heard people describe it). For example:
If you're a literature expert, do you really want to do copy-editing for doordash when you could be writing interactive narratives?
If you're a UI designer, are wireframes for the latest AI chat app even 25% as exciting as designing the HUD for a new video game?
And then some skill sets are just not really transferable at all. Game design leans on skills that are transferable but 'game designer' doesn't really map to other fields at all, and it is a real specialization that some people have decades of time spent honing.
If you're a literature expert, do you really want to do copy-editing for doordash when you could be writing interactive narratives?
If you're a UI designer, are wireframes for the latest AI chat app even 25% as exciting as designing the HUD for a new video game?
And then some skill sets are just not really transferable at all. Game design leans on skills that are transferable but 'game designer' doesn't really map to other fields at all, and it is a real specialization that some people have decades of time spent honing.