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John Carmack on X: "“Coding” was never the source of value, and people shouldn’t get overly attached to it. Problem solving is the core skill. The discipline and precision demanded by traditional programming will remain valuable transferable attributes, but they won’t be a barrier to entry. Many…" / X

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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Mohawk @MaheshB30511324 Quote Ramesh Srivats @rameshsrivats · Feb 23 This is just beautiful. Till now, Singapore Airlines has the best video, but this is a different level. Sigh! I wish the new logo/identity of Air India also captured this colour and vibrancy. Show more Fri 6:29 PM Quote Trung Phan @TrungTPhan · Feb 23 In 1993, Jensen Huang co-founded Nvidia. To incorporate and price the shares, a lawyer asked Huang for any money he had in his wallet. He gave $200 for 20% of Nvidia. Today, he has a 3.6% stake (worth ~$72B after Nvidia crossed $2T market cap). Lesson: Always keep cash on hand. Show more Show this thread Sat 8:39 AM Quote Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman · Feb 25 Jeff Bezos on how startups should spend money. Sun 11:01 PM Quote Gia Macool @GiaMMacool · Feb 25 5 years old - Dad knows everything! 7 years old - Dad knows. 10 years old - Maybe dad doesn’t know?! 12 years old - Dad doesn’t know. 14

“Coding” was never the source of value, and people shouldn’t get overly attached to it. Problem solving is the core skill. The discipline and precision demanded by traditional programming will remain valuable transferable attributes, but they won’t be a barrier to entry. Many times over the years I have thought about a great programmer I knew that loved assembly language to the point of not wanting to move to C. I have to fight some similar feelings of my own around using existing massive codebases and inefficient languages, but I push through. I had somewhat resigned myself to the fact…

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