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This is an interesting point. It is valuable to have this kind of engineer instead of a Yes-man. Steve Jobs was famously difficult. Certainly not the kind of b
by ralfd 14y ago
This is an interesting point. It is valuable to have this kind of engineer instead of a Yes-man.
Steve Jobs was famously difficult. Certainly not the kind of boss I would want. But the turnover in his inner circle was really low. Craig Federighi who on Monday demonstrated the next OS X is a Guy from the old NeXT days. I think Jobs selected people as underlings who were able to stand up to him (sometimes).
- philwelch 14y agoAccording to his biography, he would give an award every year to the employee who stood up to him the best.