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Now the technical co-founders. Paul Allen. Last time I heard, he's collecting rich kid toys. Steve Wozniak? I'm not sure what he's doing. Neither, I believe, seem to be working on anything technical anymore.
After most people make their money, they tend to want to enjoy that money. It's very rare that you get a Warren Buffet who keeps focused on his business till his 80s, and it's the same thing in tech. In fact in tech the trend I see is for successful founders to get involved in investing in new companies rather than doing the deed. And mind you this isn't a bad thing either and has helped grow the industry.
Whatever it takes to build world class companies out of nothing, luck and timing is only one small part. The rest is what makes people like Jobs unhappy, or perhaps discontent for most of their lives.
One assumes the demons inside Allen and Woz quietened down and stop driving them on.
This of course sounds great till you look at Bill Gates and ask does be look any more unhappy than me? No he looks a lot happier
Bang goes that theory
After most people make their money, they tend to want to enjoy that money. It's very rare that you get a Warren Buffet who keeps focused on his business till his 80s, and it's the same thing in tech. In fact in tech the trend I see is for successful founders to get involved in investing in new companies rather than doing the deed. And mind you this isn't a bad thing either and has helped grow the industry.
That seems like a logical explanation. But as far as I could tell reading about Wozniak[1] at least, the guy was 110% focused on playing with technology and making cool things. He didn't seem to care so much about money. So presumably once he had lots of money, he could continue doing what he liked so much. So does it mean that money actually accomplish the opposite result for him? making him less interested in doing…
not everybody craves the recognition and thus they might not sell/opensource everything they do. i for my part would be very content with my private metalworking/electronics(woodworking shop and just do stuff that I want/need just to scrap it eventually if i want to.
After most people make their money, they tend to want to enjoy that money. It's very rare that you get a Warren Buffet who keeps focused on his business till his 80s, and it's the same thing in tech. In fact in tech the trend I see is for successful founders to get involved in investing in new companies rather than doing the deed. And mind you this isn't a bad thing either and has helped grow the industry.
That seems like a logical explanation. But as far as I could tell reading about Wozniak[1] at least, the guy was 110% focused on playing with technology and making cool things. He didn't seem to care so much about money. So presumably once he had lots of money, he could continue doing what he liked so much. So does it mean that money actually accomplish the opposite result for him? making him less interested in doing…
Bill Gates could code. I don't think DOS was coded by either allen or gates.