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"He was just in the right place at the right time with a neat hobby project that got noticed and picked up by Carmack." eye roll Really? He's accomplished more
by meddlepal 10y ago
"He was just in the right place at the right time with a neat hobby project that got noticed and picked up by Carmack."
eye roll Really? He's accomplished more than most of the folks on this site. I really really hate the "They weren't an engineer therefore they're just background noise" mentality. A startup is a team. Everyone from executives to the doc writers are important, often in very intangible ways.
- sorenjan 10y agoWhat did Luckey contribute? The first seed of the idea? A proof of concept [0]? I haven't followed it very closely, but it seems to me that Carmack is the one that not only had the technical skills at the early stage and did a lot of evangelizing for the young technology even before he joined Oculus, his name was also a major factor in bringing in other talent and investment. I don't think Oculus would have been close to where they are today without Carmack, I've yet to read about any crucial contributions by Luckey. Right place at the right time does sound accurate. And of course companies need more than engineers, Steve jobs wasn't and engineer and his importance for Apple can hardly be overstated. [0] https://youtu.be/kw-DlWwlXHo?t=169 https://youtu.be/kw-DlWwlXHo?t=169
- srtjstjsj 10y agoWhy would John Carmack -- who revolutionized graphics processing and led development of a frikkin rocket ship, mind you -- waste his time with Luckey if Luckey didn't bring anything to the table?
- erikpukinskis 10y agoHe built the first physical prototypes, he formed a team, and he hustled to make it happen. That's everything. There's no way Carmack would've done it without Palmer. There's no way Iribe would've done it without Palmer. But I think Palmer would've kept trying til it was done even if none of those guys got on board.