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anothermoron on March 18, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: John Carmack: “I just dumped the C++ server I wrot...

> I second this. Its something we can all take a lesson from. Unfortunately I see too FAR many programmers who model their persona's after Kanye West.

Most indie dev. are like that, they don't have anything to show but act like they know everything and that everything they say is pure gold.

Cthulhu_ on March 18, 2015 [–]

That's because they need to raise money before starting on building their game. Hip startup people have similar traits, and inflate their idea in order to get more funding. That's how marketing works, basically.

vans on March 18, 2015 | [–]

And that why we (developpers, scientists, ...) hate marketing lessons :p

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