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I didn't say he wasn't a jerk. Totally, and it wound up infecting every company after the iPhone success because that's the lesson people got from him - be an a
by passwordoops 3y ago
I didn't say he wasn't a jerk. Totally, and it wound up infecting every company after the iPhone success because that's the lesson people got from him - be an asshole and find success. Not the good part about being insightful, having good instincts, and seeing beyond user feedback to what people will actually want, etc. etc.
I'm simply pointing out he's not the same category of non-technical founders being discussed in this post
- luxuryballs 3y agoYou have to be remarkably good to be able to afford being an asshole.
- Inf0s3c 3y agoTime and place play into this as well. We know a lot more about hardware and software development than we did even 10 years ago let alone 50. Those of us who came into tech in the last 20 years through today did not have as many unknown unknowns to stumble through. It’s all so much more streamlined. There inherently cannot be another Jobs or Gates in IT land same as there will never be another Christopher Columbus Idolizing the prior generation is a fools errand. The discovery phase is over. We get the maintenance phase
- cafard 3y agoWell, that or own the company.