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John Carmack. He's not a hermit, but definitely a genius programmer who has built things by himself without putting himself "out there."
by balls187 12y ago
John Carmack.
He's not a hermit, but definitely a genius programmer who has built things by himself without putting himself "out there."
- laichzeit0 12y agoYeah definitely I was thinking about him while driving home today. In the book Masters of Doom you get a good sense for how much time he spent thinking and programming out ideas he came up in what seems like total-isolation. There wasn't Internet or books on the subject available at the time because it didn't exist yet. In the Graphics Programming Black Book there are also anecdotes by Abrash that give you a sense for what kind of solitary genius this guy has.