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Carmack is a legend and I admire his work, but he seems to believe his own legend these days (like a few others big-ego gamedevs) and that can lead to arbitrary
by stephc_int13 1y ago
Carmack is a legend and I admire his work, but he seems to believe his own legend these days (like a few others big-ego gamedevs) and that can lead to arbitrary preferences being sold as gospel.
- spydum 1y agoI'm sure that's true but I've worked with a lot of engineers that are of this caliber and as long as you can form a coherent logical explanation they will bend they're way more open than you expect. But you got to put in the work to make that argument. They won't take it on faith
- stephc_int13 1y agoIt is an entirely different thing, gifted, highly experienced and confident in his assertions is quite frequent, but the cult-like following and status of personalities like Carmack or Blow can seriously alter their own self perception and importance.
- Aeolun 1y agoOf course it can. It’s hard not to assume you are right if everyone keeps telling you so. I can’t really fault them for that. The challenge is to continue being right more often than not.
- baq 1y agoFirst, look at what they’re shipping, then decide the likelihood of them being right. Maybe you know something they don’t; it’s actually very likely. But maybe what you think matters actually doesn’t at all and ultimately they’re right. In either case, they were shipping, so best to listen and be prepared if you disagree.
- anikom15 1y agoWhat was your experience working with him?
- rvba 1y agoIf you want to build 3d glasses probably you should fpcus on 3d glassess and software for it. Not some new OS so you can start making the glasses 2 years later. Just like when you want to bake a cake, you dont start by designing an oven, or creating an universe from scratch