Me and my friend are both 15 (going into 10th grade now) and we want to start programming/developing games as a career. I was wondering if you had any advice that could help us learn and get into the game industry. We've already bought some good C++ primers (Beginning C++ Through Game Programming, second edition) and are doing tic-tac-toe and such and even have a book in mind called Game Programming All in One, third edition that teaches how to use Allegro to program full 2D games.
Is there anything advice you can give us?