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Steve Jobs never slapped his name on other people's work. He never claimed he was an engineer. The original Mac went to manufacturing with the names of the whol

Steve Jobs never slapped his name on other people's work. He never claimed he was an engineer. The original Mac went to manufacturing with the names of the whole team engraved on the inside of the case [0]. For better and for worse, he viewed himself as a product visionary, and that's exactly what he was. [0] https://www.cultofmac.com/122408/signed-by-steve-jobs-co-signatures-inside-the-original-macintosh-case/ https://www.cultofmac.com/122408/signed-by-steve-jobs-co-sig...

cma 6y ago
>> Steve Jobs never slapped his name on other people's work I'm not sure he told Atari he couldn't program: >Jobs convinced Wozniak to work on the game during his day job at Hewlett-Packard, when he was meant to be designing calculators. At night the two would collaborate on building it at Atari: Wozniak as engineer, Jobs as breadboarder and tester. >Allegedly, Jobs told Wozniak that he could have half of a $700 bounty if they were able to get the chip count under 50 (typical games of the day tended to require around 100 chips). After four sleepless days that gave both of them a case of mono (an artificial time limit, it turns out: Jobs had a plane to catch, Atari wasn't in that much of a rush), the brilliantly gifted Wozniak delivered a working board with just 46 chips. >Jobs made good on his promise and gave Wozniak his promised $350. What he didn't tell him -- and what Wozniak didn't find out until several years later -- was that Jobs also pocketed a bonus somewhere in the neighborhood of $5,000. Though it's often reported that this caused a rift in their friendship, Wozniak seems to have no hard feelings. https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/127537/Steve_Jobs_Atari_Employee_Number_40.php https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/127537/Steve_Jobs_Atari_...
- AlchemistCamp 6y ago
  Jobs could and did program. He couldn't do what Woz could, though. Nobody could. And nobody could create or sell a vision like Jobs. Apple was a great division of labor. > What he didn't tell him -- and what Wozniak didn't find out until several years later -- was that Jobs also pocketed a bonus somewhere in the neighborhood of $5,000. That part is crappy for sure.

cma 6y ago

>> Steve Jobs never slapped his name on other people's work I'm not sure he told Atari he couldn't program: >Jobs convinced Wozniak to work on the game during his day job at Hewlett-Packard, when he was meant to be designing calculators. At night the two would collaborate on building it at Atari: Wozniak as engineer, Jobs as breadboarder and tester. >Allegedly, Jobs told Wozniak that he could have half of a $700 bounty if they were able to get the chip count under 50 (typical games of the day tended to require around 100 chips). After four sleepless days that gave both of them a case of mono (an artificial time limit, it turns out: Jobs had a plane to catch, Atari wasn't in that much of a rush), the brilliantly gifted Wozniak delivered a working board with just 46 chips. >Jobs made good on his promise and gave Wozniak his promised $350. What he didn't tell him -- and what Wozniak didn't find out until several years later -- was that Jobs also pocketed a bonus somewhere in the neighborhood of $5,000. Though it's often reported that this caused a rift in their friendship, Wozniak seems to have no hard feelings. https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/127537/Steve_Jobs_Atari_Employee_Number_40.php https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/127537/Steve_Jobs_Atari_...

AlchemistCamp 6y ago
Jobs could and did program. He couldn't do what Woz could, though. Nobody could. And nobody could create or sell a vision like Jobs. Apple was a great division of labor. > What he didn't tell him -- and what Wozniak didn't find out until several years later -- was that Jobs also pocketed a bonus somewhere in the neighborhood of $5,000. That part is crappy for sure.