Whenever choosing people to work with I remember two lessons from Steve Jobs. Both mentioned in the insightful book 'Inside Apple: How America's Most Admired--and Secretive--Company Really Works' by Adam Lashinsky 1) 'I always considered part of my job was to keep the quality level of people in the organizations I work with very high. That's what I consider one of the few things I actually can contribute individually--to to really try to instill in the organization the goal of only having 'A' players. Because in this field, like in a lot of fields, the difference between the worst taxi cab driver and the best taxi cab driver to get you crosstown Manhattan might be two to one. The best one will get you there in fifteen minutes, the worst one will get you there in a half an hour. Or the best cook and the worst cook, maybe it's three to one. Pick something like that. In the field that I'm in the difference between the best person and the worst person is about a hundred to one or more. The difference between a good software person and a great software person is fifty to one, twenty-five to fifty to one, huge dynamic range. Therefore, I have found, not just in software, but in everything I've done it really pays to go after the best people in the world.' This is an extract from an April 1995 with Jobs at Next computers. To read the full interview click here: http://americanhistory.si.edu/comphist/sj1.html To watch/listen click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Oxl5dAnR0 2) Mike Janes, a former Apple executive, remembered a more concise Steve-ism on the subject of talent: “A players hire A play- ers, and B players hire C players. We want only A players here.”
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