1. Creating a Game Making Starting Point: First of all, you should decide if you are going to focus on programming your games or doing the art for games.
so Game Programming VS Game Art
2. Enjoy Yourself
3. Get Your Focus
4. Get Some Real Experience: Once you have a game or two under your belt, you need some experience. You can try for internships and/or freelance what you currently know.
Internship and Freelance or You can do both
5. Don’t Give Up