and I told him I want to switch from a career of banking to a career of video games

I had to calm him down a bit.

It took him a good few months to really come to terms with this decision

How did you tell your family you wanted to work in video games?

It's a good question

Ah man

I didn't know I had to tell my parents

So I didn't tell my parents

It's very hard for me to tell my family what it is that I actually do

They somehow in their mind think I play computer games all day

I was taking my studies in computer engineering

and I told my dad I really wanted to go to school as a animator

and he said no way, you're not doing that, you're finishing your studies

I was in my third year of law school

when I told my parents I wanted to work at Ubisoft

And they are like, whats that? Is that a law firm?

and I say, no, it's a video game company

and they were like, oh, I've never heard of it

they were really kind of shocked

'cause this is not a real, let's say, job

They didn't think it was a thing

My dad was afraid

They are cambodian's civil war refugees

Their only goal was to earn money, enough money to have better life

He told me, honestly I didn't believe in you at all

but today I'm proud of you

My mother started me making video games when I was about 8 years old

She learned how to program herself and taught me how to do it

So I was making video games ever since I was a little kid

My house burned down when I was 9 years old

and we were left nothing-no toys, nothing between the 3 brothers

and we would use catalogues, and basically bring to life a role playing game

using, you know, pen and paper, and our own imagination

From there, my mom kind of knew I was gonna explore some things from that creative side

She has always been super supportive for that endeavor

My mom was super supportive

She just gave me a thumbs up and say, go for it

My dad was supportive as well, but he think this is super childish

and I'm gonna grow out of it one day

so now I'm 37 and I'm still haven't grown out of it

and I thinks he's very happy for me since how happy I am

You know sometimes she will try to tell her friends

"Oh my daughter writes for video games"

and they'll say, oh what's that like

and she'll say, uh, I think she make the words come out of the character's mouth

so you know, bless her

She supports me, and that's all that matters

Now he's happy for me,

so I'm glad I did and didn't hide it

Don't hide it

Explain to them that being in the video game industry

isn't just about sitting all day long playing video games

If your parents support you, then it's great for you

but if your parents does not support you, you should just tell them anyway

because I think having your dream job is worth the risk

Just be honest, I think, let them know you're passionate about it

let them know why you want to go into this

Don’t choose your career with your brain,

but choose something that your heart tells you to do

even though it sounds very cheesy