Woz himself said that the money was no big deal. If this was a big deal, he should have confronted Jobs about it in person. Unfortunately, society at large doe

Woz himself said that the money was no big deal. If this was a big deal, he should have confronted Jobs about it in person. Unfortunately, society at large does not really care about "fairness." People have a tendency to blame the victim, and that victim would be us. People do not intrinsically value what we do. They value what we can do for them. To that end, it's easy to understand why they would prefer the story of Jobs to the story of Wozniak. Saying that Jobs was not a coder did not significantly hurt Jobs. Jobs may have been an asshole, but he had enough charisma to go keep going. Saying that Jobs was not a coder hurt engineers because it pigeonholes us into the technical-only side of things. Woz did the engineering and hardware design. Jobs did everything else. Ultimately, in any such situation, it is important to keep this kind of drama under the sheets. Most people are not like Jobs. Most management would not be able to deal with the fallout of these kinds of statements. I know a lot of engineers IRL who resent Jobs because of these things. My response to them has always been: start your own business, because the more technical entrepreneurs there are out there, the less likely that a future Jobs figure would act the way that Jobs did.