Yes, he’s a genius but I kept thinking “damn, the ego on this guy” while reading that.
I love Linux, and thus, I love Linus… But he has a very large ego, there’s nothing wrong in pointing out reality. That’s just who he is. At least his ego matches his skill, which is something rare. He deserves to be cocky, he earned it.
You’ll get downvoted here because most programmers have elevated egos and think this is normal behavior.
As usual his code might be a great thing, but his pretentious attitude is still shit.
“Ah yes look at me I have written, oh my dare I say, some ASSEMBLY honhonhonhonhonhon”
That this is a big thing seems wild to me.
Assembly isn’t such a big thing, some devs use it daily (Hello to my embedded devs out there) so why is this worthy a news article?
Yes, he’s a genius but I kept thinking “damn, the ego on this guy” while reading that.
I love Linux, and thus, I love Linus… But he has a very large ego, there’s nothing wrong in pointing out reality. That’s just who he is. At least his ego matches his skill, which is something rare. He deserves to be cocky, he earned it.
You’ll get downvoted here because most programmers have elevated egos and think this is normal behavior.
the dude wrote a kernel, I very much doubt he needs to brag about his ability to write assembly.
I know. He’s a legend. And I respect his work. He doesn’t need to brag.
And yet he does.