Developer Whose Game Went Viral Despite Being Built Mostly from Copy-Pasted Code Reflects: "I Earned About 3 Million Yen But Understood Nothing." A Failed Interview Becomes a Turning Point for Learning
in newsletterAutomaton · 9 min read · studios
Veteran Unity dev Darko Tomic earned ~3M yen with an AR game built mostly from copy-pasted tutorials, but lacked foundational knowledge. A failed interview became a turning point, prompting him to learn proper debugging, Git, and core programming concepts.
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Appeared in 2026-04-24.