Re:John Carmack: Career Advice
by silicon2401 on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @02:00PM
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I disagree, I can easily imagine somebody having full metal to UI knowledge. Obviously not knowing every programming language, all types of electrical engineering applications, etc. But it's totally feasible to be able to have a sense of understanding from metal to front-end at least to an extent.
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Note that I am speaking of "competence", and you're mentioning "knowledge" and "sense of understanding". Not really the same thing.
Separately, "the stack" is inherently polyglot, and even aggressively pruning the selection wherever possible and eliding many formats, tools, and protocols still gives you an absolutely minimal set like JavaScript, HTML, CSS, HTTPS, TCP/IP, SQL, C/C++, Assembly, & VHDL.
Re:John Carmack: Career Advice
by silicon2401 on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @02:43PM
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You can replace what I said with competence, and I still claim it. I think it's fully possible for people to be competent from metal to frontend, and I'm sure there are at least a few out there who are.