[brey]

  ... similarities I found between me and John Carmack ...
  We both experimented with burglary as teenagers (he was caught; I wasn't).

That's a curious phrasing - echos of 'experimented with drugs' or 'experimented with my sexuality': positive, life-affirming actions, discovering your true self.

Does one discover one's inner burglar?

[spiritplumber]

I would steal games from stores, take them home, copy them (using this ridiculously clunky 1x IDE cd copier that had to be mounted outside the computer in a frame and held up by elastic bands, to get a decent yield), and return them.

I got caught, funny enough when returning a disc rather than stealing it.

This turned into my first job as the guy agreed to not make a big deal out of is if I used my Ape50 to do deliveries for him after school for a bit. After the bit ended, we decided we got along, so I kept working there afternoons until I graduated, and two years fulltime after graduation.

Then the place closed because a Euronics opened two streets over, and I moved to the US for university.

[mkramlich]

> Does one discover one's inner burglar?

"If you find yourself in the right adventure," replied Bilbo.

[anyfoo]

I think it was meant to be humorous. A more obvious example: "Let's say, I, uh, experimented with incompetence at the time!"

[melling]

I think the one big difference is that he shipped. I don't think the other comparisons matter.