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> I was used to dealing with obfuscated code from Minecraft I wonder how common this is for engineers. I’ve been in industry for the last 4-5 years or so, and
by dado3212 4y ago
> I was used to dealing with obfuscated code from Minecraft
I wonder how common this is for engineers. I’ve been in industry for the last 4-5 years or so, and it was how I got a pretty big jump into programming. Talked to a few similarly aged engineers at FAANG and a couple others got into programming through Minecraft as well.
- bobsmooth 4y agoI imagine Roblox will have been a similar inspiration for developers in a few years.
- wiseowise 4y agoIsn’t Minecraft Java?
- a_t48 4y agoYup
- saagarjha 4y agoI know several people who are experts at reverse engineering, obfuscation, and runtime patching solely because they did Minecraft mods.
- sdflhasjd 4y agoMinecraft is too new for me, but I did get most of my pre-professional experience from modding in video games, other people I've worked with can say the same.
- machiaweliczny 4y agoFor me it was bots for RuneScape
- girvo 4y agoSame, and writing bespoke keyloggers for RuneScape GP
- Jaygles 4y agoMy first useful code I wrote was writing scripts to beat Neopets games
- difu_disciple 4y agoBypassing cheat protections for Maplestory