The Myth

Some people actually seem to believe that Martin is a good programmer. They couldn't be more wrong. He is lazy, has no patience, he is a slow thinker and he doesn't like anything he has to do.

Martin used to say

• If you can't write applications, write games.
• If you can't write games, write demos.
• If you can't write demos, write utilities.
• If you can't write utilities, write BBS intros and doors.
• If you can't do that either, get a modem and start trading.

And guess what? He tried demos. He tried utilities. He tried intros. He wrote a door for /X. And he traded warez.

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