Trying to move in the city

hi guys I am 27M and I've been trying to move into the city for a while now have been on this cycle of living at home and not going anywhere and it's causing me stress and anxiety. My parents told me that you can't move into the city without a job which is fair enough considering you need an income to pay rent and meet the landlord's requirements to pay rent every month.

Now that one of my parents said that I should do an AI course which I have already done 2 degrees why would I need another one? however, this course allows me a better chance to get into the gaming industry and also a high paying as a lot of employers would be impressed with my resume. but it is just if I want to do the degree or not and do another year of studying. I just wanted to get your guy's opinion on it and see what best route take just need some advice as i am c]really confused.

So you want ot move to the city and for some reason your parents think an AI course would get you into the gaming industry?
Just to be clear, when you say move to the city, did you actually meant the City as in London? If it's a city, then you can easily mean Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, etc.

If it's getting a job in an international city like Edinburgh or London, your location outside of the city tends not to matter that much (according to some people) as it's expected people from 2 hours or so away to commute to the city on a daily basis.

The ironic thing is if you want to apply for work that's about 45 mins drive away, the employer would be hesitant. Go figure.

If you do intend to apply for work in a major city, I would strongly, strongly recommend networking with as many people as possible. If you just randomly applying to places, you are going to have a tough time getting ahead of the competition.
If a friend or someone who highly regards you invites you to apply to the organisation, it's going to be significantly quicker and easier.
I am not saying that you shouldn't have a (or a series of, depending on the sort of company that you're applying for) CV ready or stop applying for jobs altogether though. Getting a job is still a job in itself, no matter how you do it.

As far as Iknow, the gaming industry doesn't really care about what degree you have (at least not in the UK). They care about your portfolio and what experience you have. It's super compeititve though, so even if you have everything under your belt you still might not get the role.

What degrees do you have and what other job roles are you thinking about applying for in case getting into the gaming industry doesn't pan out?

The lecturer said, not my parents stated that those who went on doing this course got into the gaming industry this course allows them to get work experience as well which is good as it will allow me to increase networking with people. this is probably not a guarantee I will get into the gaming industry after doing this course but it is what the description has stated in the course description. but who knows I won't know if I apply myself to it. for living in the city I mainly mean Cardiff the course is based in Treforest so it is where I plan to live this year.

I have 2 degrees under my belt so far the BA is in Music Technology and I did an MSc in sound engineering and production. for other job roles, I applied to modelling jobs and I have already set myself up with a professional website portfolio. so even if the gaming industry does not workout I still have a plan with the modelling route even though it is a completely different job role.