And still, he has normal job in a normal company... Not in a start-up or not in a mega-tech-corp...

Perhaps he's able to produce great stuff like this because he has a normal job in a normal company.

It isn't so much the "normal" company thing, I think, as having a good work/playthings/life balance. The main reason none of my personal/toy/experimental projects are languishing on note paper or electronic equivalent is that my balance is very wrong and getting worse!

He is presumably working for a good company (or at least one that is good for him) and has time management skills himself.

That, and a brain to be envious of plus a supply of inspiration!

I would think he'd be a patent office clerk...

But do you think he'd be passed over for promotion until he 'fully mastered machine technology'?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

Judging from his performance review, there's definitely room for improvement :)

http://norvig.com/performance-review.html

which company is that?

He works for Netgem (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netgem).

No more excuses, I'm going to finish those damn projects I have on the backburner...

Seriously, who does Bellard work for?

He seems to leave virtually no trace (other than awesome software) on the Internet. I googled the shit out of him tonite...

"He seems to leave virtually no trace (other than awesome software) on the Internet."

Probably because he spends his time writing awesome software.

He works for Netgem.