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> "I was, but when NeXT stopped making hardware they laid me off. A week later, Steve called me and started to say “okay Wayne, we need to...” I interjected “wh
by menzoic 6y ago
> "I was, but when NeXT stopped making hardware they laid me off. A week later, Steve called me and started to say “okay Wayne, we need to...” I interjected “what do you mean we need to? You laid me off.” He said “oh” and then click.
>Eight months later I heard from my brother, who was still working customer support, “Steve wants you to call. He won’t call you but you should call him.” The result of that conversation led to working directly with Steve on all his most important presentations at Pixar and Apple for nearly the next two decades."
Steve Jobs' true skill was identifying great talent and leveraging them.
- NotPavlovsDog 6y agoHe had defined leadership traits. It's easy to align with a leader if you are looking for alignment. I would have screamed "fuck that pompous fucker, why not call me?". And never consider working for him. So that edits me out. Saves me time. Saves Steve time. People that jump onboard self-select and know what to expect from the start. Welcome to the Steve Stockholm club. The damaging impact of Steve, an ongoing curse on industry, is the myriad Steve wannabes that only take the asshole part of Steve's leadership without any of his other qualities. "So many of the people who want to be like Steve have the asshole side down. What they're missing is the genius part". Bill Gates, of all people.
- breakfastduck 6y agoYeah that quote pretty much nails it.
- iwasakabukiman 6y agoAnother way to look at this is that Steve realized there was nothing this guy could do to help him at the moment, so he hung up on him.
- dannyw 6y agoI don’t buy that. Steve: “We need to do [XYZ]” Wayne: “OK, sure, but I’ll need to be rehired.” Steve: “OK.”
- nwsm 6y agoNot seeing the connection between those two quotes and your comment.