How Id built Wolfenstein 3D using Commander Keen tech

Re:How Id built Wolfenstein 3D using Commander Keen tech by untog on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @01:39AM (#20282179)

Not that I want to be seen defending pointy headed bosses, but I think there's a fair amount of survivorship bias in your statement. How many groups of 2-3 people have worked late, lived on pizza and coke and produced absolute garbage? Quite a few, but you never hear about them because they aren't notable.

You don't have to get into pointy headed boss territory to be a successful programmer and leave the office at a respectable time every day.

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Re:How Id built Wolfenstein 3D using Commander Keen tech by SmellyGeekBoy on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @04:58AM (#20283105)

Are many successful game programmers in corporate environments leaving the office at a respectable time every day? I definitely don't get that impression at all.

At least in a 2/3 man team surviving on pizza and Coke you're not lining someone else's pockets with millions of dollars only to be thrown out onto the street at the end of the process.

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