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The difference is that while most try to do their hobbies (e.g. game dev) after 8 hours of CRUD/boring/exhausting employment (working for others), Carmack had h
by zerr 3y ago
The difference is that while most try to do their hobbies (e.g. game dev) after 8 hours of CRUD/boring/exhausting employment (working for others), Carmack had his hobby (game dev) as his day job, and also, he worked for himself - he never was an employee.
- intelVISA 3y agoBig fan of Carmack but yes, he was blessed to have his interests, abilities and 'job' align near perfectly. Being able to solve interesting problems all day and directly reap the rewards is positively alien to the avg SWE enduring their 9-5 grind on 'business problems' in a CRUD gulag to pay off their boss' new yacht.
- bluedino 3y agoThe id guys took their work computers home to create Commander Keen while they still were employed at Softdisk