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Re:John Carmack joins Oculus as CTO by adambratt on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @10:37AM (#6173102)
I think I read it based off the same recommendation.

After reading that book I don't think there's any way you can come away without seeing him as one of the top 25 programmers in the world. Mad genius for sure.

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Re:John Carmack joins Oculus as CTO by angersock on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @11:06AM (#6173300)
Not so much genius as just an absurdly hardcore work-ethic, and a refusal to ship code that is sloppy where it would matter.
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Re:John Carmack joins Oculus as CTO by kayoone on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @12:52PM (#6173975)
Well the things he has worked on and pioneered arent a result of just hard work, as computer graphics is one of the most complex fields in our industry. There is no doubt that he is a super smart guy with an unparalleled work ethic.
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Re:John Carmack joins Oculus as CTO by astrodust on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @03:16PM (#6174977)
This stands in stark contrast to the "other John" from iD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Romero) that went on to flame out in the most spectacular manner because he'd waffle between not shipping at all, or shipping half-baked games.
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