I don’t think Carmack’s wrong but he should also realize that he is a 7 standard deviation outlier so his brain might not be like others’. It’s also a question

I don’t think Carmack’s wrong but he should also realize that he is a 7 standard deviation outlier so his brain might not be like others’. It’s also a question of ROI - it may be a lot easier to spend 12 hours a day programming if you’re literally among the 5 best programmers in the world, the same way practicing basketball is probably a lot more fun for LeBron James than it would be for me. “Oh, that was an enjoyable day! I just solved three open problems in computer graphics!” Rather than “Why is the button still not showing padding on the left?”