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I consider myself sharp, but not smart. So I'm often humbled when I read stuff on Hacker News, but I am always completely dumbfounded when I read any of the tec
by WesleyJohnson 16y ago
I consider myself sharp, but not smart. So I'm often humbled when I read stuff on Hacker News, but I am always completely dumbfounded when I read any of the technical pieces by John Carmack. I read 90% of that article and I comprehended about 20% of it.
I toil with silly web development side projects for months on end that evolve into nothing and he's coding complete games, single-handedly (though admittedly using some existing codebases and content) in a couple of months.
That guy is wicked smart.
- frou_dh 16y ago...and, just as important, has done his "10,000 hours" and then some, on the practice of game engine development.
- InclinedPlane 16y agoYou know he builds rockets in his spare time right? http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/ http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/
- NickPollard 16y agoI'm a game developer (though only ~3 years experience) and I only understood 50% of it. Gives me something to aspire to that someone can be that good at it.
- petercooper 16y agoI'm not even a game developer or a C++ developer but he gives me the same motivation. It blows my mind there's a guy who clearly has a significant level of wealth (healthy 8 digits, at least) yet gets down into the guts of coding an iPhone game for months at a time. That's world champion passion right there.