Be a Jerk: The Worst Business Lesson from the Steve Jobs Biography

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/11/be-a-jerk-the-worst-business-lesson-from-the-steve-jobs-biography/249136/

by jwb119 • 15 years ago

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andrewfelix• 15 years ago

Hilarious, for a minute I thought I was reading an Onion article. I can't believe there was a paper written titled "The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't".

Hilarity aside, this article was great. But I felt the use of Steve Jobs as the main vehicle for the argument was a little clunky. I think the point about asshole management style could have been made with Steve Jobs as one example.

MattLaroche• 15 years ago

Not just a paper, but an entire book. It's easy reading, and if you've been negatively affected by assholes at work, worth a read.

dmishe• 15 years ago

The very same book has quotes of employees saying that if not for asshole Steve they wouldn't accomplish what they did. Like when the design was "perfect", Steve would come and say it was shit and then they made it even more perfect. There are two sides to the medal

Be a Jerk: The Worst Business Lesson from the Steve Jobs Biography

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