Redditors are all up in arms over this, doing everything they can to downplay Jobs' role in Apple's success, going as far as to say "apoptosis had the final laugh".
To play Devil's Advocate - if giving someone a special number on their employee badge makes them happy, let them have it. I'm sure they had much bigger problems to solve than which employee number they should each have.
To play Devil's Advocate - if giving someone a special number on their employee badge makes them happy, let them have it. I'm sure they had much bigger problems to solve than which employee number they should each have.