Emails released as part of Congress' show how ruthless Steve Jobs could be
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Emails released as part of Congress' show how ruthless Steve Jobs could be
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#3> A developer named Joe Hewitt objected to the requirement, because he thought the language Apple was requiring was "mediocre." Hewitt went to the press with his complaints.
> "I'd suggest we just cut Joe off from now on," [Jobs] said.
I think that we can all agree that of all the things Steve Jobs was, a nice person was definitely not one of them. And I think it really is a trend among big-league innovative people. So we know as a fact that being "nice" isn't a requirement to be extremely successful, but the question I have is: Is being a "douche" an advantage?