Jobs is a designer. Using existing pieces to create a good product. While this is an important skill to have, it is nothing I would idolize someone for, moreover, Jobs only was capable of focussing on design because countless Wozniaks did the plumbing (and really awesome hacking). This is _division of labor_. You just cannot build products alone.
While Jobs did his job, he certainly was arrogant and a few times too often humbled those people making his products possible. This is not cool at all. I refuse the viewpoint that a manager has to be that way to implement his vision.
Since the era of Romanticism in the 19th century, we like to think in terms of "Geniuses" and look out for them to admire them. This is pretty sad, because it should be well known by now, that only with collaboration real products and inventions can be delivered.
While Jobs did his job, he certainly was arrogant and a few times too often humbled those people making his products possible. This is not cool at all. I refuse the viewpoint that a manager has to be that way to implement his vision.
Since the era of Romanticism in the 19th century, we like to think in terms of "Geniuses" and look out for them to admire them. This is pretty sad, because it should be well known by now, that only with collaboration real products and inventions can be delivered.