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Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016) by PartiallyTyped on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:59PM (#36365128)
He is. He is super atypical.

Personally, I am drained by meetings and am in my happy place in front of an editor working on a grand project, one that I find interesting.

The moment work stops being interesting, eg due to lack of complexity, I leave.

Chaos and complexity energise me.

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Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016) by cvwright on Friday June 16, 2023 @07:02PM (#36365169)
Carmack is a beast. Here's one of the first articles I ever read on HN, written by a guy who used to work with him:

Smart Guy Productivity Pitfalls https://waivek.github.io/website/tooltip.html

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Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016) by MMAesawy on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:18PM (#36365743)
This was a great read, thanks for that.
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