undefined | Better HN

0 pointsEsophagus43mo ago0 comments

I will never claim Jobs was a good neighbor or a Mr. Rogers type. Or even a fun person to work for.

But I don’t look up to him for that. Same way I don’t look up to Tiger Woods for who he is as a husband, or Picasso for… well, also poor behavior with women.

I want to play for Michael Jordan to be with the best and to be challenged to be my best.

Sometimes the thing that makes people excellent in one facet of their life makes them impossible pricks in others.

Extreme excellence in one facet of life is what I admire people like that for.

0 comments

skeeter20203mo ago

I think you're setting up a false choice, but maybe we'll just have to agree to disagree then, because I absolutely, 100% will not be nor work with assholes to accomplish something. The tech world is FULL of genuine nice people who has acomplished remarkable things, and while I do respect people like jobs for what he accomplished, I do not let them skate for the mean or hurtful things they have done.

Esophagus4OP3mo ago

I certainly don’t model myself after his behavior, either - but again, I don’t admire him for that.

apple4ever2mo ago

Same here. My management style is far from his, but my principles match his, for the reasons you mentioned.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse