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> Steve Jobs was shown six different models of mice to evaluate. But Jobs was instead drawn to a seventh design, an unfinished model with the buttons yet to be
by enriquto 6y ago
> Steve Jobs was shown six different models of mice to evaluate. But Jobs was instead drawn to a seventh design, an unfinished model with the buttons yet to be built in. Jobs thought the buttonless design was brilliant, and the design team played along, pretending that it was their intention from the beginning.
Oh my god, what a hopelessly toxic work environment! I just expect these designers were paid really well, for they had to bear with the assholery of such a callous boss.
- saagarjha 6y agoIs it toxic that Steve Jobs liked the partially completed design they left out? Or are you just trying to cash in to the "Jobs is toxic" meme by finding the one mention of him interacting with the design team in the article?
- enriquto 6y ago> Is it toxic that Steve Jobs liked the partially completed design they left out? No. But the way that the story is written, it seems that the designers where terrified of Jobs wrath if they told that he had chosen an unfinished prototype. Why would have them lied to him, otherwise?
- saagarjha 6y ago"Oh, you actually liked, that? Yeah, of course you did, that was my idea all along, I'm a genius" is a fairly common trope.