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This is uncharitable to the point of seeming like a deliberate misread. The bathroom anecdote is just a memorable illustration of Carmack's mindset: only work
by jonahx 3y ago
This is uncharitable to the point of seeming like a deliberate misread.
The bathroom anecdote is just a memorable illustration of Carmack's mindset: only work counts as work. Neither Carmack nor the author thinks you should avoid the bathroom or feel bad about pissing.
This is a self-aware blog post of a guy who worked with John Carmack and was able to use that to honestly assess his own productivity, and the amount of time he wasn't focused.
- paines 3y agoWork count as work ?!? Soooo, anacdote time. I had this boss who walked into my office and saw me sitting in front of my computer, reading the screen and not typing. He asked me: "what are you doing?" I said: "thinking about how to solve problem X." he said: "okay, but why aren't you typing?!?!" For him it was working as a software engineer is only when you type.....
- jonahx 3y agoJust to be clear: your boss was a moron. Neither I nor Carmack nor the author of this article is arguing that “thinking doesn’t count”.
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