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/ All the best things that I did at Apple came from (a) not having money and (b) not having done it before, ever. Every single thing that we came out with that
by markbao 16y ago
/ All the best things that I did at Apple came from (a) not having money and (b) not having done it before, ever. Every single thing that we came out with that was really great, I'd never once done that thing in my life.
I love this part—sometimes, constraints are better than having everything you want.
- todayiamme 16y ago>>>First of all, try to have the highest of ethics and to be open and truthful about things, not hiding. If you have to hide something for company reasons, at least explain what you're doing. Don't mislead people. Know in your heart that you are a good person with good goals because that will carry over to your own self-confidence and your belief in your engineering abilities. Always seek excellence: make your product better than the average person would. <<< He's more than an amazing engineer. He's an amazing human being.
- cantbecool 16y agoYou're completely on the money with that last comment. Hopefully, one day I'll have an opportunity to have an intelligent discourse with him. He's my idol.
- ohashi 16y agoI am sad that he isn't running Apple. Of course I will get the 'but it wouldn't be what it is' argument. But as a human being, he is infinitely better than steve jobs and perhaps they could have adopted a google like culture to success.