on talented programmers:
let me just say that, my general impression is that top-notch programmers and computer scientists go to companies that pay better than the game programmer. as far as i know, google, microsoft, facebook etc pay much better than any game companies out there.
interest is another thing. i'm not a computer scientist by training, but if i were to choose, there is absolutely no way i would pick something as monotonous and hair-pullingly boring as low-level optimization, even if it pays 20-30% more. all my formally trained computer science friends echo my sentiment.
@Profcrab:
please stop scoring your posts. it was cute for a couple of posts, but now it's just flat-out annoying. in another 5 posts it will become creepy.
the Wii is an epidemic.
