Do not compare yourself to Carmack at all. I really respect him as a programmer but I don’t think his lifestyle or story is ‘normal’ and can be emulated by regu

Do not compare yourself to Carmack at all. I really respect him as a programmer but I don’t think his lifestyle or story is ‘normal’ and can be emulated by regular people. Nearly none of his advice has helped me, for instance. He occasionally stoops to the level of regular people and says something like “If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.” As for his history, focus, lack of social philosophising, working regime… it’s not for regular people.