John Carmack failed to cope with Zuckerberg's bureaucracy: the famous programmer and game designer is leaving Meta Corporation

The year 2022 was extremely difficult for Meta Corporation.

The company suffered enormous losses, the social network Facebook is not popular among young people, the VR-headset Meta Quest does not live up to expectations, 11 000 employees were laid off.

Now it is known that an important figure is leaving the company - technical director and consultant in virtual reality John Carmack.

Here's What We Know

For gamers, John Carmack is an iconic figure. Thanks to him and John Romero the legendary shooters Doom and Quake, which became classic video games, were born.

Carmack managed the development of the Oculus brand VR-device, which was later purchased by Mark Zuckerberg's company and renamed Meta Quest.

John Carmack is leaving because of dissatisfaction with the working conditions and decisions of his superiors. He feels that Meta's bureaucratic system is ruining all creativity and technical development. Instead of creating, he spent all his energy on "preventing the next 'stupidity' of his superiors from causing harm”. Carmack is sure that it was illiterate management that prevented Meta Quest from gaining popularity, although he and his team did their best to keep the users interested.

John Carmack is leaving to start his own business.

Source: Insider