But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great. Andy Hertzfeld contributioncreativeexcellence share on social
The Macintosh having shipped, his next agenda was to turn the rest of Apple into the Mac group. He had perceived the rest of Apple wasn't as creative or motivated as the Mac team, and what you need to take over the company are managers, not innovators or technical people. Andy Hertzfeld agendumapplecompany share on social
Scotty heard that I was thinking about quitting Apple because of his actions, so he called me into his office and asked what it would take for me to stay? I said, maybe if I could work on the Mac project, which Steve had just taken over from Jef Raskin. Andy Hertzfeld actionappleask share on social
A lot of people thought Steve Jobs was a CEO of Apple but he never was until he came back to Apple in 1997. Andy Hertzfeld applebackceo Change image and share on social
As you know, Microsoft eventually kind of grabbed the gold ring out of Apple's hands, I guess. Andy Hertzfeld appleeventuallygold Change image and share on social
People who work on the user interface side need to have empathy as a key characteristic. But if you are writing device drivers you don't really need to understand humans so well. Andy Hertzfeld characteristicdevicedriver Change image and share on social
Working long hours being single helps because your time is yours. Once you have a family your time isn't all yours anymore. Most of the Mac team, we were in our mid-20's, most of us were single, and we were able to essentially devote our lives to it. Andy Hertzfeld anymoredevoteessentially share on social
I was a grad student at UC Berkeley when I bought my Apple II and it suddenly because a lot more interesting than school. Andy Hertzfeld appleberkeleybuy Change image and share on social
Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing actually would be to the world. Andy Hertzfeld drumimportantjob Change image and share on social
In fact when I first got my Apple II the first thing I did was turn it on and off, on and off, just because I had the power to do so, which I'd never had on a computer before. Andy Hertzfeld applecomputerfact Change image and share on social
