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Oh, it was definitely in there! And in fact, my introduction to the book came by way of its discussion of compensation at NeXT: someone (still unknown!) on Oxid
by bcantrill 3y ago
Oh, it was definitely in there! And in fact, my introduction to the book came by way of its discussion of compensation at NeXT: someone (still unknown!) on Oxide and Friends indicated that Oxide's compensation model looked like that of early NeXT -- and the dollar figure (adjusted for inflation) is even roughly the same! We recounted all of this in an On the Metal episode on Oxide and Friends.[0]
[0] https://oxide.computer/podcasts/on-the-metal/oxide-and-friends https://oxide.computer/podcasts/on-the-metal/oxide-and-frien...
- detourdog 3y agoWhat truly turned NeXT into crazy story is Jobs's obsession on the fully automated construction line. If the young Jobs's could have settled for the original color of the CAMs it may have been a recoverable issue. Jobs's insistence on a better color for the CAMs threw off the tolerances of the machinery when they were repainted. Choose your battles wisely. Jobs only succeeded in hardware after hiring Tim Cook.
- mattl 3y agoIt would be fun to see this episode transcribed. I listened to it back in the day when I saw it on Twitter Spaces, but there's a lot of interesting stuff in there.