History books often contain contentious or unusual behaviour. The same for people reminiscing about others.
Jobs yelled at people, fired them, and apparently worse? I don't know all the specifics, but...
Of those he yelled at, how many conversations, without yelling, were had first? How many were had one on one first, but he was ignored?
How many pleasant, amicable conversations were had. What's the ratio?
To hear some talk, apparently Jobs was walking around Apple HQ, just randomly screaming at, and belittling others, all day long?!
This seems inaccurate.
And the 'style of the time' is critical, as parent says. You cannot judge a person's leadership style by today's standards, that's absurd, instead, how would Jobs be rated against the average manager/boss of the time?
In the 80s, I had many a manager/boss which would be know to yell and belittle people. People would also crack racist jokes, make fun of alternate life styles, and in many cases only doing it to fit in, not really even caring or thinking wrong of it.
Jobs yelled at people, fired them, and apparently worse? I don't know all the specifics, but...
Of those he yelled at, how many conversations, without yelling, were had first? How many were had one on one first, but he was ignored?
How many pleasant, amicable conversations were had. What's the ratio?
To hear some talk, apparently Jobs was walking around Apple HQ, just randomly screaming at, and belittling others, all day long?!
This seems inaccurate.
And the 'style of the time' is critical, as parent says. You cannot judge a person's leadership style by today's standards, that's absurd, instead, how would Jobs be rated against the average manager/boss of the time?
In the 80s, I had many a manager/boss which would be know to yell and belittle people. People would also crack racist jokes, make fun of alternate life styles, and in many cases only doing it to fit in, not really even caring or thinking wrong of it.
History must be viewed as a contemporary would.