How does a person get started in the gaming industry?
This really depends from person to person. Your best bet, however, is to get a degree in your chosen field (computer science, computer graphics, etc.), get a little experience (tinker around with game making in your free time), play lots of games, become active in the gaming community and then apply to work at a gaming company. If you are talented, aggressive, extremely hardworking and passionate about making games you’ll have no problem getting into the industry.
It seems to me that it is best to start from the active client/user stage, then you will have an idea of how you can do something better. Then you can start collaborating with experts in this field. If we are talking about the entertainment industry, then I would advise starting with BETER Live as it is a good platform that provides good conditions and proven solutions. I myself started entering the industry with them.