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by logicallee 2890 days ago
According to Steve Wozniak "Steve couldn't code"[1].

Obviously being able to code is better than not being able to code! Steve succeeded despite never writing code, not because of it!

Can you imagine what kind of Supersteve we would have had if he learned to code! Rather than an Apple worth $0.95 trillion in 2018, might it be worth $3 trillion? $5 trillion? $30 trillion?

After all knowing how to code is obviously better than not knowing how to code!

Moral of the story: if you want to succeed like Steve don't be like Steve! If you work for someone like this, don't! You're better than that.

(My comment is entirely sarcastic. It's a rebutt to your

>Not saying Steve Jobs didn't do great things. But let's all agree he accomplished them in spite of these flaws, not because of them.

NO. I don't agree with you that Steve accomplished what he accomplished despite the qualities, practices, influences, and decisions that made him Steve, and not because of them. In fact it's kind of a laughable claim as I hope my sarcastic "critique" that he didn't code, shows.)

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https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-never-wrote-compu...