Hey HN, im Zelda, the host of this podcast! I met Talin on a hike a few weeks ago and was amazed by his story - here are some technical achievements you might find interesting:
- He learned C in the 80s by writing a C compiler
- He made Music-X[1] for the Amiga, one of the first DAWs
- He co-founded The Dreamers Guild[2], a video game company in the 80’s with an organizational structure based on actual guilds (grew to 80+ employees)
- He worked at EA in the early 2000s and worked on the Sims + SimCity, and built a browser from scratch used in Spore!
- He had difficulties with mental health + being in relation with others, but was able to overcome it
- The helmet you see on the table in the podcast, he made himself for promotional material for one of his video games The Faery Tale Adventure[3]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdUEMtzkj5s&pp=ygUUZGF2aWQga...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dreamers_Guild
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faery_Tale_Adventure