> Consider how much real achievement we would see if all the motivated hackers put down WoW and started up their development environment of choice. This is a b

> Consider how much real achievement we would see if all the motivated hackers put down WoW and started up their development environment of choice. This is a big part of why I quit WoW late last year. I wanted to take one last stab at self-employment before turning 40. (Yes, yet another wannabe iP* developer) While having a day job and playing WoW prior to the achievement system wasn't a problem for me, having to be self-motivated to work with a constellation of "Achievements" at arm's reach probably cost me about 3-4 months of self-funding time getting underway.