[thanatropism]

> a couple of standard deviations better at this

The crucial thing is that "this" in this case is product management. I'm fine with Jobs being the Caesar Augustus of product; what bothers me is when he starts being touted as the Christ of Business.

[coldtea]

Yeah, he just built a business from nothing to huge thrice, including the #1 by market cap company on earth.

[brianpgordon]

Did you forget about the part where he was run out of Apple by its board? And Apple was not the #1 by market cap while he was alive.

[briandear]

It worked though. Apple is the most valuable American company when measured by market cap. That didn’t accidentally happen.

[WalterBright]

Steve Jobs is the canonical example of why CEOs matter and are well paid.

[setpatchaddress]

Steve Jobs is the exception. Most CEOs aren’t that smart.

[kaiby]

That didn't happen under Steve though... that happened under Tim Cook.