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An iPhone Engineer-Turned-Game Maker Shares His Apple Story
- wz3chen 13y agoFunny Snippet: Mr. Jobs was notorious for throwing his weight around however he could. One person on the iPhone design team was also named Steve, which caused some confusion in meetings. Mr. Jobs sought to change this. “At some point Steve Jobs got really frustrated with this and said ‘Guess what, you’re Margaret from now on,’” Mr. Tolmasky said. From there on, members of the team would always address the designer Steve as Margaret.
- bananas 13y agoI have an incredibly common name and have had this problem many times working in even small teams. We tend to just suffix with a number on the end :)
- yitchelle 13y agoIs he being arrogant or funny? serious question.
- breadbox 13y agoThat is a textbook example of behaving like a boss from hell. The only proper response to that is "I'm not the one with the problem. If it's bugging you, then YOU can be Margaret." (Presumably followed up by a call to the unemployment office, sadly.)
- erokar 13y ago"If I'm Margaret you must be Psycho Path."
- cheepin 13y agoCan we stop linking nytimes articles? Paywall is annoying.
- honksillet 13y agoI second and third that motion.
- gootdude 13y agoJust open an incognito window.
- pistle 13y agoIsn't this guy the main guy in the first picture on ycombinator.com?
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- Me1000 13y agoYes, it is.