It's really good advice. My career has very little in common with Carmack, but I think I achieved success with the same mentality. I have non-techie friends wh

It's really good advice. My career has very little in common with Carmack, but I think I achieved success with the same mentality. I have non-techie friends who have toyed with learning to code, but they usually get discouraged after a few weeks. I try to encourage and mentor, but it rarely pans out. There's a huge disconnect between what people are taught and how career progression works in the modern world. It's enough of a gap that I struggle to connect "Eloquent JavaScript" or a similar 101 guide with actually getting someone a job. I'm certain there's a framework out there that could help learn and make a living in an emerging industry (outside of "work your ass off and don't get exploited"), but there's also so much garbage and bad guidance muddying these waters.