Jonathan Blow

Yup, 100% agree with that video too. To get my game from one computer to another for testing it’s become easier to upload to a website and download on the target machine because everything is so massive. It’s insane.

Another worrying thing I encounter *a lot* is devs using stuff like Unity thinking they don’t have to be careful about data size, locality of reference or anything because Unity will magically sort it out for them - which of course it doesn’t.

We do teach hardware and low level skills still, but you can see the attraction for students in wanting to upskill in immediate commercial value. Maybe we just can't roll back the clock to when the 8 bit revolution was happening?

the problem is that 'immediate commercial value' is so short term. It means their careers are forever tied to the fortunes of unity/unreal because outside of those companies ecosystems, their knowledge is useless. Thats not a good long term career.

I disagree with this pretty strongly. I didnt have the opportunity to go to university. I taught myself C# and JavaScript because they had "immediate commercial value". This allowed me to get a job earning a decent wage, and from there grow more technically. People not learning..

..about the low level stuff comes from a place of complacency. The amount of coders I've worked with over the years who are just here for the stable job and decent work conditions significantly outweighs those who are in it for passion.

It doesn't have to be about passion, it should be about professionalism - and I don't mean that in an adversarial way, not saying you aren't. If I code something for somebody else in exchange for money I expect myself to do a good job, not a passable one.