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Question, how good was a teenaged John Carmack?

• ahipple 10y ago
  Given that he started publishing games before he was 20 and had produced Commander Keen, Wolfenstein, and a couple of Dooms before he was 25, I'd guess he was well on his way in his teens. Not to say that success correlates with skills, I suppose, but he's fairly well-regarded as an innovator from an early age. Odd choice of example from the article's author.
• striking 10y ago
  He started releasing games at 19. So probably pretty good. I mean, hell, I'm 19 now and a professional web developer. I'm not exactly a "teenage coding god" but I'm definitely good at programming. The trope exists for a reason. It's not beyond imagination (although it is unrealistic, just like any other trope).