The one anecdote that I feel like tells you all you need to know is that Steve Jobs promised early engineers stock, then changed his mind and gave them nothing, and Steve Wozniak gave them $10 million of his own personal stock because he felt that it was the right thing to do. Wozniak, hilariously enough, pointed out, "And $10M was a lot in that time."
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I honestly thought the Steve Jobs book would be praising the poop he makes. But I forget Walter Isaacson, the author, is a professional and is relentless.
The first half of the book literally rips into Jobs. He's a bad father and a overall manipulative piece of shit. There's anecdotes from friends, families and former employees.
But then the last half is his legacy, Pixar, the iPod, iMacs, iPhones and even the Apple store. And him softening up from being a crazy manipulative asshole to being someone who while still crazy and manipulative, toned it down while still pushing a level of polish unseen in any industry.
I didnt even like Jobs to begin with. But I definitely respect the man.