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That's the right attitude. Unfortunately, that's not the norm at all. Mostly, technical folks tend to behave as spoiled brats when dealing with non technical p
by marionogueira 16y ago
That's the right attitude. Unfortunately, that's not the norm at all.
Mostly, technical folks tend to behave as spoiled brats when dealing with non technical people as cofounders (which amazes me given that one of the best performing tech companies today is run by a non technical guy - Steve Jobs).
Update: no need for the technical guy to actually work on non technical issues... given the current scenario, respecting the non technical guy within his domain would suffice. It's not like non technical people try to tell programmers how to do their job.
- sachinag 16y agoSteve Jobs soldered with everyone else at Atari. Just because he didn't engineer at Apple doesn't mean he's non-technical.
- marionogueira 16y agoJust soldering doesn't make anyone "technical". Woz's designs were the technical assets that made Apple a successful startup. Furthermore, that experience certainly didn't mean a thing for his second tenure at Apple since 1997, during which the company became bigger than ever. I also doubt he had anything to do with the technical aspects of the operation during this time.
- staunch 16y agoYou can be technical without being an engineer. Steve Jobs has been working closely with some of the best engineers in the world full-time for 30 years. He probably knows more about display, memory, graphics, processor, and battery technology than 99% of programmers. Not to mention his knowledge of a dozen other technologies.
- mfukar 16y agoI'm sorry, but every reference I've ever read to the history of Apple has only reinforced my opinion that Jobs is a marketing bully. A clever one, perhaps, but still. PS. I'm counting seconds until I get to -5.