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I interviewed at 3DO and one of the people I interviewed with was Needle. I recall hearing that the guy only wore t-shirts, and never wore one twice. At the t

I interviewed at 3DO and one of the people I interviewed with was Needle. I recall hearing that the guy only wore t-shirts, and never wore one twice. At the time I thought that the only way that could happen is if he had a network of friends who supplied him with a steady stream of shirts. It was hard to imagine a person spending the time and money if they had to do it all themselves.

MrTonyD 11y ago
When I worked for Steve Jobs he would often change clothes several times per day. More than once when I was in his office when he would take off his custom-made, imported dress shirt and put on another from a huge wall closet in his office. Same for his pants. He would throw them away (our trash was incinerated at the time). When he showed up in his old Pumas or black turtleneck or bowtie or beat up Levis we knew that he expected to be seen by the public or the press - he was in his "costume". He literally bought custom shirts by the hundreds and thousands and they were delivered in cargo-containers. It was when I worked for Steve that I realized that my philosophy that "the rich deserve their wealth" and "it's their money" were completely wrong and even immoral.
- pkaye 11y ago
  Was this before he returned back to Apple? I though he always wore black turtlenecks when he returned to Apple.
  - MrTonyD 11y ago
    Steve rotated his "costumes". I handled some of NeXT's strategic technical accounts and also worked on some special projects in Engineering. The bowtie and turtleneck were unusual at the time, since he seemed to favor the Pumas and beat-up Levis when he was being seen by the public. I think he felt that the bowtie and turtleneck had run their course. Something that people don't appreciate is that Steve was a marketing person - and he described himself in that way. He carefully crafted his image and carefully selected his words. His success was not based on his personality in the way that so many people seem to think. There are lots of short-tempered and demanding people who are complete failures. I wish that the business community could understand that - they seem fixated on the superficial.

MrTonyD 11y ago

When I worked for Steve Jobs he would often change clothes several times per day. More than once when I was in his office when he would take off his custom-made, imported dress shirt and put on another from a huge wall closet in his office. Same for his pants. He would throw them away (our trash was incinerated at the time). When he showed up in his old Pumas or black turtleneck or bowtie or beat up Levis we knew that he expected to be seen by the public or the press - he was in his "costume". He literally bought custom shirts by the hundreds and thousands and they were delivered in cargo-containers. It was when I worked for Steve that I realized that my philosophy that "the rich deserve their wealth" and "it's their money" were completely wrong and even immoral.

pkaye 11y ago
Was this before he returned back to Apple? I though he always wore black turtlenecks when he returned to Apple.
- MrTonyD 11y ago
  Steve rotated his "costumes". I handled some of NeXT's strategic technical accounts and also worked on some special projects in Engineering. The bowtie and turtleneck were unusual at the time, since he seemed to favor the Pumas and beat-up Levis when he was being seen by the public. I think he felt that the bowtie and turtleneck had run their course. Something that people don't appreciate is that Steve was a marketing person - and he described himself in that way. He carefully crafted his image and carefully selected his words. His success was not based on his personality in the way that so many people seem to think. There are lots of short-tempered and demanding people who are complete failures. I wish that the business community could understand that - they seem fixated on the superficial.