[alecnotthompson]

Steve's a man child. Read the biography. He shouldn't be worshiped, he was just at the right place at the right time and cried to get his way.

[causi]

I really wish the Hacker News Enhanced extension would add keyword story filtering. I'm tired of hearing about how Steve Jobs was a genius and I'm tired of hearing about how he was a loony dickhead. I'd love to go the rest of my life without ever hearing his name again. I was weary of Steve Jobs before he died and I'm weary of him now.

[jeffreyrogers]

The book Becoming Steve Jobs is pretty good and it is a fair portrayal of him (or it seems that way to me). He is obviously amazingly talented, he also had a difficult personality. But he convinced lots of talented people to work for him and do great work under him (most have not gone on to anywhere near their past level of success after leaving Apple). In my experience, talented people have options and if they choose to work for a difficult boss it's generally because that boss has good traits as well.

[alpaca128]

Is quoting him worshipping now? I don't like him either but that doesn't mean everything he ever did or said is bad.

[hospitalJail]

Best in class at marketing though. Half of my masters level marketing class was basically understanding how and why he was successful when competitors had similar/better products.