Definitely not the only interpretation, but this could be about gamedev. Kid is happy playing video games and wonders how they're made, then much later he gets his big chance to join a game studio, where he learns "how sausage is made" and as the crunch time work consumes his life he grows to resent his craft and warns others to avoid the same fate.
Definitely not the only interpretation, but this could be about gamedev. Kid is happy playing video games and wonders how they're made, then much later he gets his big chance to join a game studio, where he learns "how sausage is made" and as the crunch time work consumes his life he grows to resent his craft and warns others to avoid the same fate.