re: #126 goddamnedfrank

So, relevant to the rather irritating experience I had today, apparently Steve Jobs actually fucking said this:

It does kind of paint Jobs as somewhat of a dick, inasmuch as he said this directly to someone who was interviewing for a VP of HR position with Apple. Still, it’s true, and sometimes you’ve just got to let that shit fly.

I read Jobs’ biography. He was an absolute dick at times to his friends and colleagues, saying stuff that would get other people a quick poke in the nose. But at other times, when he was not obsessing about one product or another, he could be more human. Those times were rare.

OTOH, I suppose you never had to guess what Jobs was thinking. He told you without dressing it up with fancy wrapping paper and a bow. That’s a rare quality in the business world.