I used to work in game development as a Designer, Programmer and even QA. Definitely missed the industry at times but seeing the state it’s in now, I’m glad I left. I’m fortunate to have experienced it around the time of PS3’s launch, it all went downhill after that it seems.

My reasons were as you said, toxicity and Reddit’s decision to screw over developers and its users. Never tried to bring someone over. The user base is smaller but it’s almost like going from a loud room of shouting assholes to a small gathering of people that tire of the noise. Haven’t looked back once.