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Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers? by jiofih on Monday March 15, 2021 @06:02AM (#26464139)
Jobs is said to have influenced the choice and use of Objective C at NS significantly - even if he didn’t code, he had enough understanding to guide it. Also his first job at Atari was as a developer, though it’s said that he got Wozniak to do most of it!
Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers? by astrange on Monday March 15, 2021 @07:54AM (#26464867)
The original author of the Mach kernel was the chief of software at NeXT and Apple for some time, so you can at least get up to reporting to the CEO.