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I think there are some interesting parallels with J K Rowling. If he releases anything now, it's big news (even Cliffhorse ). He might have to start "writing" under a pseudonym just to get any sense of doing something fresh without intense public scrutiny.
"If I ever accidentally make something that seems to gain traction, I’ll probably abandon it immediately." He seems to have an awful attitude for a guy who just made a billion dollars and gets to spend the rest of his life doing exactly what he wants.
Hopefully he will open source his next big thing so community might be able to keep it alive.
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He is saying "I made a mistake; I have learnt from that mistake and will try to avoid making the same mistake in future". That's a fucking great attitude and is -to me at least- much better than "I made minecraft and I'm awesome and the success of Minecraft has nothing to do with luck but is totally all those decisions I made because I'm brilliant" which is the kind of thing we hear from a bunch of other devs.
Good point, agreed. I think abandoning is a little much though. I guess it would have rubbed me differently if he had said I'll make it open source or hand it off to other developers earlier, etc.
I kind of wish that mental health support was better and that he'd had some kind of mentoring to help him deal with it.
Perhaps that's a startup idea: support with all the hate and bullshit that comes your way when you're a public figure. More expensive service would include rapid rebuttal service to quash lies and myth.
I think there are some interesting parallels with J K Rowling. If he releases anything now, it's big news (even Cliffhorse ). He might have to start "writing" under a pseudonym just to get any sense of doing something fresh without intense public scrutiny.
Edit: I see above that the poster was referring to Notch. Just a simple case of an unclear antecedent (and being unfamiliar with Notch's and Rowling's recently releases ;) )
I think there are some interesting parallels with J K Rowling. If he releases anything now, it's big news (even Cliffhorse ). He might have to start "writing" under a pseudonym just to get any sense of doing something fresh without intense public scrutiny.
I think there are some interesting parallels with J K Rowling. If he releases anything now, it's big news (even Cliffhorse ). He might have to start "writing" under a pseudonym just to get any sense of doing something fresh without intense public scrutiny.
This whole Minecraft thing has been very interesting to follow. I tried the game a few times and it's not really for me but everything around Notch's story is interesting (I bet their going to make a movie about this at some point). Not everyone can be an entrepreneur and I feel that in this case (on a different scale of course), we basically watched a plausible version of how Apple could have gotten started if there…
I remember watching some parts of notch's livestreams. I loved the enthusiasm he had. He was a bit like a young boy, trying things, throwing some away, creating games. I'm happy for his decision.
I think there are some interesting parallels with J K Rowling. If he releases anything now, it's big news (even Cliffhorse ). He might have to start "writing" under a pseudonym just to get any sense of doing something fresh without intense public scrutiny.
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