excellent article, very informative and well put together. Learned a lot by reading this, and i couldnt agree more, if you are willing to work for free in this day and age to show your passions for something, it can be nothing but a good thing.
on another note if any one has any spare time for someone very new to all this, please give me a shout, very...sorry EXTREEMLY interested in landing my first job within the games industry so badly that im pretty much willing to do anything to get there
.....within reason :P