Hah, that doesn't sound like what I experienced. I like to think I'm decent at art, and I know c++ with directx, hlsl and scripting yet still 90% of companies didn't even want me for an internship (they wouldn't even have had to pay me lol).
You any good with math? You might consider programming. The biggest bottleneck to game creation is getting enough good programmers. I think there's A LOT of potential in this side of things, and it's far more creative than people think. I actually fell in love with scripting recently and wondered where i'd be had i tried…
(I've done a bit of practicing now) Yes, the more general design area is also something that interests me, though that requires some decent art skills as well. :) Also there are only 2 colleges offering game design here and I think it might be a bit too specialized since I believe the games industry isn't as lively here as…