Re:Steve Jobs had a “beer test” he used for job interviews
by themodelplumber on Saturday August 12, 2023 @02:06PM
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> This would help the prospective employee to open up and relax
It's always funny to see this kind of example come up in stories about Jobs.
Contrary to whatever the specific example is intended to convey about him, this was clearly a _torturing_ issue for Jobs himself, at some level. It was not generally easy for him to open up OR relax, not by a long shot.
His personality is (broadly) similar to Tucker Carlson's, notably bouncing around this perpetual public image dichotomy of "pr*ck vs gentle guy".
So, there are just piles, even veritable _mountains_ of disturbing experiences. Wow what a jerk! Etc.
Between which, in the details you get these funny but oddly-affecting moments where you may just realize that the _aspirational_ self for these people _themselves_ is, in fact...
...somebody you'd want to have a beer with [0].
I sympathize, but it's too bad this issue is so easily talked around in its complexity.
(There's also a fascinating counterpart you can get with Mister Rogers-types, who will occasionally reveal a rather brutal tendency toward being rudely controlling toward various people in their circle, etc.)
It's always funny to see this kind of example come up in stories about Jobs.
Contrary to whatever the specific example is intended to convey about him, this was clearly a _torturing_ issue for Jobs himself, at some level. It was not generally easy for him to open up OR relax, not by a long shot.
His personality is (broadly) similar to Tucker Carlson's, notably bouncing around this perpetual public image dichotomy of "pr*ck vs gentle guy".
So, there are just piles, even veritable _mountains_ of disturbing experiences. Wow what a jerk! Etc.
Between which, in the details you get these funny but oddly-affecting moments where you may just realize that the _aspirational_ self for these people _themselves_ is, in fact...
...somebody you'd want to have a beer with [0].
I sympathize, but it's too bad this issue is so easily talked around in its complexity.
(There's also a fascinating counterpart you can get with Mister Rogers-types, who will occasionally reveal a rather brutal tendency toward being rudely controlling toward various people in their circle, etc.)
0. https://youtu.be/tnnd51SPqc4