I made tons of games for friends and myself over the years. Didn't make any money on them. As to professional things.
I coded on the final Premium module for Neverwinter Nights by Bioware/Atari/WoTC called The Wyvern Crown of Cormyr.
I also then wrote all the horse scripts for the new horse system and a few other scripts for the final 1.69 patch for Neverwinter Nights by Bioware.
I've done quite a bit of modding.
I currently have a project called Wormhole Ventures which was greenlit on steam and I need to finish it and release it, but about two weeks after I found out it had been greenlit (after waiting 570 days) I discovered this place called steemit and I've been a bit distracted.
I am a Network Engineer by profession, I do the gamedev on the side mostly for fun, but it looks like I may be able to make some money off of it and who knows some day that may be how I make my living. That and steem. :)
Thanks for the links... I just need to USE it. The syntax is easy, you are correct I need to use it quite a bit and then it will be internalized.