Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great Engineer, and Happiness

Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En... by fossuser on Friday October 19, 2018 @02:28AM (#18254595)

John Carmack

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Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En... by not_real_acct on Friday October 19, 2018 @08:24PM (#18261012)

Michael Abrash paved the way for Carmack. Carmack is great, no doubt, but Abrash wrote the book (literally.)

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Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En... by fossuser on Friday October 19, 2018 @10:56PM (#18261468)

I think they both work together now at Oculus.

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Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En... by not_real_acct on Monday October 22, 2018 @03:18PM (#18277467)

Yep! IIRC, Carmack learned a lot from Abrash, and then eventually hired him at ID Software. They've been working together for ages.

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