Jerk or not, Jobs did what he did and it turned out to be extremely successful for both himself and the company he co-founded.
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Steve Jobs' Demand for Excellence Extends to Elevator Pitches
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Jerk or not, Jobs did what he did and it turned out to be extremely successful for both himself and the company he co-founded.
I DON'T CARE. He's still a jerk. Steve being a jerk is independent of any innovation and company vision he had that made Apple successful. He probably would have had that even if he tried to be a nicer guy in the elevator (and assuming other times as well).
Bill Gates had the same level of success (if not greater) and he did it while being a nice guy.
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Bill Gates is not even comparable to Steve Jobs.They are 2 different people.
And being a jerk is really something for each to decide. You may think your CEO is rational and someone may find him an boring person/Predictable. It all depends on perspective. And i think differences are what make this world go round, and not sameness. So i am glad that Steve Jobs is Steve Jobs, and not your 101 CEO.
I see. The ends (giving you shiny things) justify the means.
So if people enjoy the benefits of Samsung products, and they're done within the scope of the law, you must have no objection to them either.
Oh, it is everyone's "right" to act like a jerk and do/expect what they want.
Doesn't make it the right thing to do.
Everyone has their definition of "being a jerk" and "being right". Just because you see something as "right" or someone as a "jerk" doesn't mean it is an universal truth.
You're not seeing the big picture...
Think about more than the sound of the fans for example, what if you are trying to hear something else at the same time you're using a computer? If your hearing is impaired, noise from the fans will make it much more difficult to hear other things. With adequate hearing, it is much easier to filter out non-essential sounds.
It is also entirely possible that certain frequencies are more impaired than others, but the previous example is plausible enough.
You are kidding? Bill Gates was just as irrational. You must not know your history.
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God forbid a CEO expect their highly payed employees to discuss what they are working on in an intelligent manner.
God forbid a CEO expect their highly payed employees to discuss what they are working on in an intelligent manner.
haha nice anecdote
Can't help questioning its veracity though, because that's pretty much a dick move, even from Jobs. Not to mention its questionable legality! Methinks the 'visitor' embellished
Not true, there is employment legislation to protect workers, and whilst I have a lot of respect for SJ and the fabulous products Apple produce, these stories sound like the work of a bully.
Employees should not be living in fear of their boss, that's just morally wrong on so many levels.
haha nice anecdote
Yeah, even though this tale is told around the Apple campus as a warning between employees, I think it's probably a bogus humorous story derived from a real firing event.
I'd hate to work at a company where there were no repercussions for showing the CEO that you are either dull as a post or uninterested in your job.
Or: more employees should be afraid of looking like an idiot to their boss.
Really? You think being dull should have repercussions? You think being unable to summarize your contribution to the company on a four storey elevator ride should have repercussions?
I don't believe fear to be a great motivator or a reasonable way to manage people. That being said, Jobs has some great strengths to make up for his shortcomings.
exactly, that tells me that he was an arrogant person who used intimidation regularly. Humility is a bitch.
Jobs rudely cut in front of me at McDonalds and got a bacon cheese burger with extra mayo, large fries and a large coke. He was smoking a Kool and when the nervous young girl stammered out that no smoking was allowed, he screamed ethnic insults at her. When I objected, he pulled out a .50 caliber hand gun and pointed it at me gangster style, sideways.
I told him not to shoot because I was in charge of the waterboarding of suspicious employees. He tucked the gun into his pants, not bothering to pull his black turtleneck over it.
I cracked a little joke about wanting to increase my department's budget to use apple juice instead of water and his mouth crinkled a bit of a smile and he threw his cigarette down and stepped on it. He went outside with "my" order and I went up to the counter to pay for it.
As I drove off, I saw him sitting in his primered 1974 Camaro, eating alone.
Well, it looked like Jobs...
I told him not to shoot because I was in charge of the waterboarding of suspicious employees. He tucked the gun into his pants, not bothering to pull his black turtleneck over it.
I cracked a little joke about wanting to increase my department's budget to use apple juice instead of water and his mouth crinkled a bit of a smile and he threw his cigarette down and stepped on it. He went outside with "my" order and I went up to the counter to pay for it.
As I drove off, I saw him sitting in his primered 1974 Camaro, eating alone.
Well, it looked like Jobs...
