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Wrong. Steve Jobs knew a lot about tech. Did a lot of IC design and did a lot of product design overall in the early days. Sure, he didn't know as much as Woz b
by electic 14y ago
Wrong. Steve Jobs knew a lot about tech. Did a lot of IC design and did a lot of product design overall in the early days. Sure, he didn't know as much as Woz but still brought a lot to the table. He wasn't just a "CMO" who gave some pointers on the UI and that was it.
- lutusp 14y ago> Wrong. Steve Jobs knew a lot about tech. Read the text in front of you, on your computer screen. Note the word "code": >> I am starting to think, rightly so, that if you don't code ... you have no business starting a tech company. >> Counterexample: Steve Jobs. > Sure, he didn't know as much as Woz but still brought a lot to the table. Wake up and smell the Cappuccino -- the topic is whether Jobs could code. Jobs could not code. End of story. I speak as someone who knew Jobs personally, and who (along with everyone else) noticed that he couldn't code.
- bthomas 14y agoI never knew him, but the Isaacson book claimed one of the reasons he was able to take a risk with apple was that he knew he had coding as a fallback, as he was a decent coder at Atari
- lutusp 14y agoHe showed none of this background while at Apple, at times when a knowledge of coding would have been very useful to him. http://www.quora.com/How-high-were-Steve-Jobs-skills-in-coding http://www.quora.com/How-high-were-Steve-Jobs-skills-in-codi... Answer: "nonexistent." http://bexhuff.com/2010/03/should-product-managers-know-how-to-code-steve-jobs-couldnt http://bexhuff.com/2010/03/should-product-managers-know-how-...
- logn 14y agohttp://www.woz.org/letters/does-steve-jobs-know-how-code http://www.woz.org/letters/does-steve-jobs-know-how-code "Steve didn't ever code. 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." -Woz
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