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Maybe, maybe not. I worked with a guy as a contractor where he swears he was a Steve Jobs. Realistically, all he was is a guy with lots of ideas and no follo

Maybe, maybe not. I worked with a guy as a contractor where he swears he was a Steve Jobs. Realistically, all he was is a guy with lots of ideas and no follow thru. So he wasn't a Steve Jobs at all and most all his visions totally violated good design principles. When I would point that out he would say because his thoughts were visionary and not yet known. Yea, and I fart unicorns dancing and rainbows. In the end, you have to evaluate for yourself, but in general if people don't have a loyal following, but expect that type of respect they are no Steve jobs. I have had some AMAZING leaders, and they inspired us to do great things. They would never spend only 4 hours on a project they believed in, and they would expect more from us. I am not saying you should quit tomorrow, but I personally refuse to help feed anyones ego like this. And I am sorry, the idea of just doing it without getting some design guidance seems really stupid. I know the stuff we read about Jobs says he didn't need mock ups etc, but I totally think that is BS. He was a smart ass guy who likely had tons of mock ups before he ever said go to the next step. Reading his book, he commissioned projects and prototypes that showed design but weren't yet functional (IIRC), so no that isn't a Jobs type mentality, that is a God mentality and is just idiotic. BTW no real leader publicly humiliates his team, it is counter productive. Yes some great visionaries have done it, but in todays world we know that is a bad idea and to nurture not humiliate people, so its just BS. BUT that doesn't mean you don't push them hard (which can be a fine line) and demand better from everyone.

sj0000 11y ago
"Idea guys" are mostly useless: the people that want credit for "thinking of something" and kick back while everyone else works. More often than not, they're deluded and "in love" with "their" "great" ideas that deny reality in high-def cognitive dissonance. (They're usually wantrepreneurs or enterprise busywork titles.) What set SJ apart was positive value (being right more often than not, building people up to produce better work products than they thought the could, a determined direction, actual vision) on balance outweighing negative traits (histrionic tantrums, treating employees like shit, generally acting like an asshole). A cautionary note: If someone is going to play the eccentric jerk role, they'd better be actually right nearly always and bring metric fucktons of net positive value by the containership-full to the business, staff, customers, partners and other stakeholders.
- davismwfl 11y ago
  Totally agree.

sj0000 11y ago

"Idea guys" are mostly useless: the people that want credit for "thinking of something" and kick back while everyone else works. More often than not, they're deluded and "in love" with "their" "great" ideas that deny reality in high-def cognitive dissonance. (They're usually wantrepreneurs or enterprise busywork titles.) What set SJ apart was positive value (being right more often than not, building people up to produce better work products than they thought the could, a determined direction, actual vision) on balance outweighing negative traits (histrionic tantrums, treating employees like shit, generally acting like an asshole). A cautionary note: If someone is going to play the eccentric jerk role, they'd better be actually right nearly always and bring metric fucktons of net positive value by the containership-full to the business, staff, customers, partners and other stakeholders.

davismwfl 11y ago
Totally agree.