Have you considered the possibility that you don't actually want to make games, but do want to think of yourself as a game-maker? Asking this because I have a bit of a "I want to be a fiction writer but don't actually want to write" issue, and what you're describing sounds familiar.
No, I don't think so. Game makers don't really have enough status in society for this to be a problem, I think. Or at least, they don't have the romantic imagery of writers, painters, poets, musicians, etc.
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