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> That implies Karpathy is either dumb or desperate This kind of thing happens to big names in software all the time. Carmack going to Facebook is a prime exam
by swiftcoder 5mo ago
> That implies Karpathy is either dumb or desperate
This kind of thing happens to big names in software all the time. Carmack going to Facebook is a prime example - he joined with the idea of using all those resources to build world-changing tech, and instead he ended up headlining conferences, and fighting a losing battle against the corporate types who were put in charge of Oculus.
- nine_k 5mo agoHasn't Carmack solved a few serious engineering problems, making Oculus more or less the most advanced VR device? (The fact that an advanced VR device does not seem to be needed by the mass market is not an engineering problem.)
- gruturo 5mo agoYes - but - ironically - he did that _before_ joining them. IIRC he literally started collaborating and helping them while being at a different company.
- StilesCrisis 5mo agoThat seems surprisingly common to me. Visionary engineer has solution to problem, gets hired, solves the broad strokes in the first year, then spends N more years in meetings with exec stakeholders and worrying about schedules/hiring/financials instead of _doing the vision work_.
- swiftcoder 5mo agoyeah, and its kind of just misaligned incentives. Visionary engineer wants to solve hard tech problems, corporation wants a product with mass-market appeal. To hit mass-market appeal, corporation cost-cuts until the hard tech problems are outside the solution space...