It's [programming] the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. There's an incredible, rigorous, technical element to it, which I like because you have to do very precise thinking. On the other hand, it has a wildly creative side where the boundaries of imagination are the only real limitation.
I knew the Apple II was great when I bought it, but as I dug into the details it just completely blew me away the creative artistic approach that the… - Andy Hertzfeld
I knew the Apple II was great when I bought it, but as I dug into the details it just completely blew me away the creative artistic approach that the…
- Andy Hertzfeld
I'm the kind of developer who likes to throw lightning rods around. To make a great program there's got to be at least one person at the center who i… - Andy Hertzfeld
I'm the kind of developer who likes to throw lightning rods around. To make a great program there's got to be at least one person at the center who i…
Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing actually would be to the world - Andy Hertzfeld
Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing actually would be to the world
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 en… - Andy Hertzfeld
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 en…
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… - Andy Hertzfeld
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…
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
I was a grad student at UC Berkeley when I bought my Apple II and it suddenly because a lot more interesting than school
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 … - Andy Hertzfeld
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 …
I got bitten by the free software bug in February of 1998 around the time of the Mozilla announcement. - Andy Hertzfeld
I got bitten by the free software bug in February of 1998 around the time of the Mozilla announcement.
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 … - Andy Hertzfeld
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 …
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