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The Woz worked at HP where he was well liked but hardly seen at CTO material...
by michaelpinto 16y ago
The Woz worked at HP where he was well liked but hardly seen at CTO material...
- burgerbrain 16y agoAnd the statement "Somewhere in that pool of rejected interns is the next Woz..." would be far more realistic than "Somewhere in that pool of rejected interns is the next Bill Gates..." The Woz type and the Bill Gates type are different by miles.
- Stormbringer 16y agoEven today Woz is not regarded as CTO material for a large company. Mad scientist with lots of cool toys? Definitely. Stick him in a suit and make him give presentations to the board? Definitely not. Woz should be the guy in the basement in the lab coat who occasionally makes the lights in the building flicker with some bitchin' tesla coils... the guy that the CTO goes to in order to find out what is going to be important in tech trends, and who occasionally coughs up a wonderful invention that revolutionises everyone's life. I think it is important to note that Woz is still listed as an Apple employee as an engineer