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> full-blown mental illness, as happened with one of Apple's earliest employees Can you share who is this early employee? Couldn't find him using Google.
by zuck9 11y ago
> full-blown mental illness, as happened with one of Apple's earliest employees
Can you share who is this early employee? Couldn't find him using Google.
- Stratoscope 11y agoAs you can guess, I was trying to be discreet. But it is rather public information at this point (it's even on his Wikipedia page). So here you go... http://tradertim.blogspot.com/2007/07/lonesome-tale-of-burrell-smith.html http://tradertim.blogspot.com/2007/07/lonesome-tale-of-burre...
- gaur 11y agoWow, there was essentially no information in that blogpost. Here are the relevant sentences: > My understanding is that after the Macintosh-crazed 80s, he ran into some issues. Suffice it to say that I see him on the street at least a couple of times a month. Might as well have said nothing at all.
- nostrademons 11y agoAccording to his Wikipedia page, he ended up co-founding Radius, which IPOed in 1990, and is now retired in Palo Alto. So he's pretty far from homeless, which is what that quote sorta implies. The blog itself acknowledges that - I dunno why it's trying to make the comparison.