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		caeril on July 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mitchell Hashimoto takes on a new individual contr... John Carmack and Dave Cutler have always been individual code contributors, regardless of their titles and management responsibilities. They never cut out management/executive duties completely (as in Mitchell's case), but they came somewhat close.

nmfisher on July 23, 2021 [–]

Carmack has been pretty explicit that he is not, nor does he want to be, a manager (either in the executive sense, or the “technical lead” sense). He sees himself more as a senior craftsman.

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