Low-level Programming Is Good For The Programmer's

In The Information Age, The Barriers [to Entry Into Programming] Just Aren't There. The Barriers Are Self Imposed. If You Want To Set Off And Go Develop Some Grand New Thing, You Don't Need Millions Of Dollars Of Capitalization. You Need Enough Pizza And Diet Coke To Stick In Your Refrigerator, A Cheap Pc To Work On, And The Dedication To Go Through With It. We Slept On Floors. We Waded Across Rivers.

Making One Brilliant Decision And A Whole Bunch Of Mediocre Ones Isn't As Good As Making A Whole Bunch Of Generally Smart Decisions Throughout The Whole Process.

It's A Good Thing Doom 3 Is Selling Very Well.

Note To Self: Pasty-skinned Programmers Ought Not Stand In The Mojave Desert For Multiple Hours.

Because Of The Nature Of Moore's Law, Anything That An Extremely Clever Graphics Programmer Can Do At One Point Can Be Replicated By A Merely Competent Programmer Some Number Of Years Later.