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Steve Jobs was indeed a programmer at one point in his early career, working for Atari. But of course what he became known for was being the product/sales/visio
by belfalas 3y ago
Steve Jobs was indeed a programmer at one point in his early career, working for Atari. But of course what he became known for was being the product/sales/vision guy.
- ary 3y agoPerhaps, but most accounts describe him as having done QA on circuit boards at Atari and not actually writing any kind of software.
- Someone 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#Pre-Apple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#Pre-Apple says he was hired as a ‘computer technician’. Later, he was sort-of hired as a hardware designer. Same URL: “Jobs returned to Atari in early 1975, and that summer, Bushnell assigned him to create a circuit board for the arcade video game Breakout in as few chips as possible, knowing that Jobs would recruit Wozniak for help” Also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#Apple_(1976–1985) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#Apple_(1976–1985) says: Jobs's friend from Reed College and India, Daniel Kottke, recalled that as an early Apple employee, he “was the only person who worked in the garage … Woz would show up once a week with his latest code. Steve Jobs didn't get his hands dirty in that sense.” Also, there’s Woz’s statement (https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-never-wrote-computer-code-for-apple-2013-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-never-wrote-compu...): ”Steve didn't ever code," writes Wozniak. "He wasn't an engineer and he didn't do any original design, but he was technical enough to alter and change and add to other designs.” ⇒ I don’t think he did much, if any, programming.
- mattl 3y agoHe demoed NeXT’s programming environment dozens of times.
- pixelatedindex 3y agoDemo != coding