RJ stepped up. He volunteered to write the Amiga OS from scratch, entirely by himself. Of course, he had one major stipulation: no one was to bother him for the next 18 months. No meetings, no phone calls, no "Hey RJ, wanna go get lunch?" For the first 12 of those 18 months, RJ wrote the code in the office. But then, it was decided that the 30 minutes he was driving from home to the office and back again each day was too detrimental to his progress. RJ moved into a hotel near the office with just his clothes and a computer.
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RJ stepped up. He volunteered to write the Amiga OS from scratch, entirely by himself. Of course, he had one major stipulation: no one was to bother him for the next 18 months. No meetings, no phone calls, no "Hey RJ, wanna go get lunch?" For the first 12 of those 18 months, RJ wrote the code in the office. But then, it was decided that the 30 minutes he was driving from home to the office and back again each day was too detrimental to his progress. RJ moved into a hotel near the office with just his clothes and a computer.