I'm not saying that it's not an important skill. I am saying it's not a technical skill. Realizing that the iPod had to be thinner was a visionary idea. Making

I'm not saying that it's not an important skill. I am saying it's not a technical skill. Realizing that the iPod had to be thinner was a visionary idea. Making the iPod thinner was a technical feat. One had the idea, the other had the technical ability (even if they had given up before Jobs pushed them harder).