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Its so cool that someone as high up in the games industry as carmack actually knows his technical shit.
by hayksaakian 14y ago
Its so cool that someone as high up in the games industry as carmack actually knows his technical shit.
- damian2000 14y agoHe might be high up now, but he started off as a programmer. He co-founded id software and (along with others) developed Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software
- enneff 14y agoHe still is a programmer. He's the lead programmer at id and writes code for Armadillo Aerospace.
- damian2000 14y agoyeah, he can probably do whatever he wants, the fact he's still programming means he obviously enjoys it.
- boyter 14y agoNot only that but I believe he is still "in the trenches" and cuts industry leading code to this day.
- ibrahima 14y agoIf you follow him on Twitter, he posts almost exclusively highly technical content.
- hayksaakian 14y agoI was aware of this, but Mark Z. Also started in the programming, today he's mister CEO, too important for code.
- james4k 14y agoHe's known for knowing his shit. :)
- damian2000 14y agoanother example ... "I can send an IP packet to Europe faster than I can send a pixel to the screen. How f’d up is that?" http://superuser.com/questions/419070/transatlantic-ping-faster-than-sending-a-pixel-to-the-screen/419167#419167 http://superuser.com/questions/419070/transatlantic-ping-fas...