When? How? I've always been under the impression that Apple's destruction had followed jobs's ousting. Unless you mean that Jobs destroyed Apple by hiring Sculley?
> He may have been a sociopath artist in his 20's but he grew up to be the world's greatest CEO in his 40's and 50's. Just look at the Apple 10 years ago and look at them now.
But it's not like the successes of his 40s were built on nothing. Pixar and NeXT didn't spring up from some kind of void in the mid-90s as Jobs reached 40.
NeXT was part of rebuilding Apple. That's how he got back to Apple...
Steve was only a benevolent patron to Pixar. He didn't micromanage them or take credit for any of the movies being 'his visions'.
I still don't see that.
> NeXT was part of rebuilding Apple. That's how he got back to Apple...
You do realize that he founded NeXT as he was being thrown out of Apple don't you?
> Steve was only a benevolent patron to Pixar. He didn't micromanage them or take credit for any of the movies being 'his visions'.
No, but he did understand what it could become and he did become it's patron. That's pretty significant. He's also the one who decided to refocus Pixar from its original business, hardware, to what it is today, a studio, CGI and animation company. And he managed most of the relations with Disney (including the Eisner fallout).
Credit for Pixar's work goes to Lasseter and his team, but credit for Pixar existing at all, let alone going from a $5m Lucas Arts team to a $8b Disney subsidiary in 20 years can hardly go to anybody but Jobs.
NeXT became Steve's parachute. He had a feeling, the board was getting fed up with his ego.
Pixar needed a leader, Lucas got divorced. Steve saved the ship...
Steve pulled a Buddha. Had everything in his 20's. Lost it all before 30. Rebuilt his life and his work to be a part of human history when he humbled himself.
When people look back centuries from now, Steve will be remembered as a hero, not a villain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA
And, the rest is from Steve Wozinack's autobiography...
Steve is a polarizing figure with a vision that unites spirituality with technology. That's why Apple keeps attracting more and more attention...
Does building Apple to the level it is now prove he stopped being a sociopath or prove that he was the right sociopath for the right job?
He certainly would not have been able to execute grand plans like the iPod, iPhone, and iPad without having hundreds of brilliant people working with him and being proud of their work.
I really don't think that's true.
> He certainly would not have been able to execute grand plans like the iPod, iPhone, and iPad without having hundreds of brilliant people working with him and being proud of their work.
Most of the Macintosh team did seem proud enough under him (so much so that some followed him to NeXT). He probably learned a lots of stuff inbetween, but the biggest difference is the people he found to work around him. He doesn't seem to have significantly changed himself,