links // May 02, 2024
Jonathan Blow on Deep Work
A brief interview with game programmer Jonathan Blow on the shape of deep work and solving hard problems.
Really enjoyed this interview with Jonathan Blow on deep work and the non-linear reality of working on big, complex problems.
One quote in particular toward the end caught my attention, specifically about going in a direction you think is right and having to reverse course later:
Getting to the deep part is not particularly easy. You need to do a lot of work. A lot of the work will be misguided in some way or another or it won't be in exactly the right direction. You might do all this work to tunnel through rock to get to here and you're like 'wait, we actually need a tunnel that goes from that hub out to this direction...' so you need to go back and start over and do all that again because you missed.
A lot of great wisdom in this one—it's worth the ~20 minute watch. I learned a lot and I think you can, too.
