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"...but all this "reality" keeps creating excuses, delays, etc. Can you imagine how frustrating that is if the product is so clear in your head you actually use

"...but all this "reality" keeps creating excuses, delays, etc. Can you imagine how frustrating that is if the product is so clear in your head you actually used it last night? Just get the fucker done! Enough excuses!!! Do you have any idea of the change in the world this will have, and if I give a shit about your kids little league game?!? He's not trying to be an asshole. But if he doesn't say it, he's not being true to his vision. It's a big weight to carry." Wow, how self absorbed can the author be? Treat people around you like crap or you're not "being true to your vision?" Oh no, he's frustrated so it's okay. Of course if any of his employees responded to their frustration in a similar fashion they'd be canned....

jbooth 16y ago
I don't think the author was so much defending it as explaining the point of view. If you're fanatically devoted to your product, then it's more important than any of the people along the way, with all of the good and bad things that that entails.
- stcredzero 16y ago
  it's more important than any of the people along the way Uh, no. A widget isn't more important than a person. Maybe the quality of the widget and what it means to the Apple brand means more than someone's ego. I tend towards this value system. People who equate their ego, their saving face, with their value as a person? There's too much communications overhead involved with this.
endlessvoid94 16y ago
What? That's not the author being self absorbed. That's the author trying to put himself into the shoes of a visionary and imagine how tough it might be to have grand ideas, vision, and clarity of thought about something that has the potential to seriously change the world. Frustration, I think, is obviously a byproduct of that.
- grammaton 16y ago
  Grand ideas, vision, and clarity of thought are no excuse for asinine behavior. This is what really puzzles me the most - why people are so willing to make so many excuses for "visionaries."
  - albedoa 16y ago
    I must say that I did not find the author to be excusing Steve's behavior in the slightest, but I concede that room was left to read it another way.
radioactive21 16y ago
He's trying to give a point of view in the mind of a visionary. I completely agree with the tone, and the idea behind what he's trying to imply. How many times have I worked on a project and people constantly come in with personal excuses. "I am sorry my grandmother died" (yea you said that last month). "I am sorry my wife had woman problems and I had to go to the doctor with her" (nooo idea why you need to tell me that). "I am sorry my kid was sick all night and I couldnt sleep or get any work done." "I am sorry I have health issues and I couldn't work on it" (yea you said that 6 months ago when the project started). In the words of my boss "I dont give a fuck what happens outside of work, just get it done. You dont need to tell me why you couldnt do it, the fact is you didn't. Just do your work, if you are unable to, let me know and I will get someone else to do it. DO YOUR JOB." Everyone hated him. He was one of the best boss I've ever had. It's great to be on a project that finishes on time, and meets stakeholder's expectations. It's awesome being given gifts and thrown parties by clients because they had no hope it would get done, but you got it done. Everyone knows, within a team, there are the few that make your project a hell. Visionaries know those people and make sure they understand their place.

jbooth 16y ago

I don't think the author was so much defending it as explaining the point of view. If you're fanatically devoted to your product, then it's more important than any of the people along the way, with all of the good and bad things that that entails.

stcredzero 16y ago
it's more important than any of the people along the way Uh, no. A widget isn't more important than a person. Maybe the quality of the widget and what it means to the Apple brand means more than someone's ego. I tend towards this value system. People who equate their ego, their saving face, with their value as a person? There's too much communications overhead involved with this.

endlessvoid94 16y ago

What? That's not the author being self absorbed. That's the author trying to put himself into the shoes of a visionary and imagine how tough it might be to have grand ideas, vision, and clarity of thought about something that has the potential to seriously change the world. Frustration, I think, is obviously a byproduct of that.

grammaton 16y ago
Grand ideas, vision, and clarity of thought are no excuse for asinine behavior. This is what really puzzles me the most - why people are so willing to make so many excuses for "visionaries."
- albedoa 16y ago
  I must say that I did not find the author to be excusing Steve's behavior in the slightest, but I concede that room was left to read it another way.

radioactive21 16y ago

He's trying to give a point of view in the mind of a visionary. I completely agree with the tone, and the idea behind what he's trying to imply. How many times have I worked on a project and people constantly come in with personal excuses. "I am sorry my grandmother died" (yea you said that last month). "I am sorry my wife had woman problems and I had to go to the doctor with her" (nooo idea why you need to tell me that). "I am sorry my kid was sick all night and I couldnt sleep or get any work done." "I am sorry I have health issues and I couldn't work on it" (yea you said that 6 months ago when the project started). In the words of my boss "I dont give a fuck what happens outside of work, just get it done. You dont need to tell me why you couldnt do it, the fact is you didn't. Just do your work, if you are unable to, let me know and I will get someone else to do it. DO YOUR JOB." Everyone hated him. He was one of the best boss I've ever had. It's great to be on a project that finishes on time, and meets stakeholder's expectations. It's awesome being given gifts and thrown parties by clients because they had no hope it would get done, but you got it done. Everyone knows, within a team, there are the few that make your project a hell. Visionaries know those people and make sure they understand their place.