John Carmack is a legendary programmer, cofounder of id Software, and lead programmer of many revolutionary video games including Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and the Commander Keen series. He is also the founder of Armadillo Aerospace, and for many years the CTO of Oculus VR. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Books mentioned:
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution: https://amzn.to/3SkNZER
Game Engine Black Book Wolfenstein 3D: https://amzn.to/3QlOqg8

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OUTLINE:
0:00 Introduction
1:57 Programming languages
33:01 Modern programming
43:03 Day in the life
50:53 Hard work
54:06 Pizza and Diet Coke
56:50 Setup
1:22:08 id Software
1:54:58 Commander Keen
2:01:44 Hacker ethic
2:09:24 Wolfenstein 3D
2:29:21 Doom
2:43:42 Quake
3:08:02 John Romero
3:15:49 Metaverse
3:44:11 Elon Musk
3:50:06 Mars
3:59:09 Nuclear energy
4:02:47 AGI
4:49:59 Andrej Karpathy
4:52:57 Martial arts
5:01:57 Advice for young people
5:10:57 Meaning of life

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