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that reminds me of something interesting I got from reading the Walter Isaacson bio on Steve Jobs. WI generally portrays Jobs as petulant, narcissistic, and mer
by xdavidliu 4y ago
that reminds me of something interesting I got from reading the Walter Isaacson bio on Steve Jobs. WI generally portrays Jobs as petulant, narcissistic, and mercurial, but one area which Jobs was willing to back down was when it came to conflicts about product quality: in several instances in the book, an Apple employee gets into an argument with Jobs about what design choices are better for the user, and when the employee gave a clearly irrefutable argument, Jobs actually backed down and acknowledged that the employee's argument was superior, and I took this as evidence that, as egotistical and self-centered as Jobs was known to be, he really did put product quality and UX first.
On a related note, I heard in a podcast recently that Walter Isaacson has been following Musk around for a bio.