Nice interview. I totally got a question in there, Woo! I guess now I need to personally educate the masses as to what QA actually does so that people will see how important and undervalued we are.
Leigh gets asked these questions so often I'm sure she's starting to develop copy-paste answers. ;)
Seriously, though, I love her (your? Will she read this?) complete lack of elitism and obvious inclination to democracy within the culture of games writing. If you're good and honest and persistent, you should be able to go somewhere. Strong, worthwhile advice.