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Pretty sure r/AskHistorians considers Hardcore History to be really innacurate. BBC’s In Our Time podcast is a far superior counterpart, where academics from leading universities discuss a chose topic. It’s well moderated and beautifully informative.
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The latest two part episodes of Gollumfun #128 and #129 were great. He interviews 'Gollumfun' who was one of the biggest players in the online underground. His story is just wild!
Darknet Diaries is wonderful podcast overall and very entertaining to me. The latest two part episodes of Gollumfun #128 and #129 were great. He interviews 'Gollumfun' who was one of the biggest players in the online underground. His story is just wild!
How do you compare Fall of Civilizations to Hardcore History? Big fan of hardcore history (listened to all of the multi-part series several times), but never heard of Fall of Civilizations.
Pretty sure r/AskHistorians considers Hardcore History to be really innacurate. BBC’s In Our Time podcast is a far superior counterpart, where academics from leading universities discuss a chose topic. It’s well moderated and beautifully informative.
The John Carmack interview with Lex Friedman - it reminded me that becoming a specialized IC can be a viable terminal career state; that moving into management needn’t be the ultimate goal.
How so? Didn't he move to Meta to manage/lead their VR efforts, then left that for his own startup? That doesn't mean he never gets to code anymore, but he's not really just an IC anymore, is he?
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How so? Didn't he move to Meta to manage/lead their VR efforts, then left that for his own startup? That doesn't mean he never gets to code anymore, but he's not really just an IC anymore, is he?
I don't know the specifics of this case, but someone can be a technical leader with significant impact, without having a large number of direct or indirect reports.
Can you explain what you mean by this?
In my (limited) knowledge of Carmack, he is both a craftsman and a businessperson... he founded several companies and was the CTO of Oculus for a while. Hard to imagine there not being direct or indirect reports in that case.
In either case, he's definitely better known as a thought leader and rockstar developer rather than an effective executive, I suppose. I think he left Meta in part because he couldn't really get past all the red tape and move the company where he thought Oculus needed to go.
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I don't know the specifics of this case, but someone can be a technical leader with significant impact, without having a large number of direct or indirect reports.
> someone can be a technical leader with significant impact, without having a large number of direct or indirect reports. Can you explain what you mean by this? In my (limited) knowledge of Carmack, he is both a craftsman and a businessperson... he founded several companies and was the CTO of Oculus for a while. Hard to imagine there not being direct or indirect reports in that case. In either case, he's definitely b…
Yes, this is what I mean.