Re:Do I need a technical co-founder?
by yellow_lead on Monday December 18, 2023 @02:18AM
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Actually, Steve Jobs couldn't code. Source from Steve Woz's archived site
https://archive.is/YsF8a
Ooh, thanks, very good primary source. I assumed that because he was hired as a technician, he actually did technical stuff.
Re:Do I need a technical co-founder?
by ResourceToOlder on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @07:57PM
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He could code but not as a professional engineer. Your source says he was technical:
> he was technical enough to alter and change and add to other technical designs
He could do more too.
> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=steve+jobs+atari
> Jobs was hired as Atari employee #40, as a technician fixing up and tweaking circuit board designs.
> "So, we decided to have a night shift in engineering -- he was the only one in it."
"How do I find engineers who are leaders and willing to work with me?"
The most efficient I've seen is just blogging. Speak about the problem from your heart. Social media works too including Instagram and TikTok.
For one thing, tech people are just flooded with offers from non-tech cofounders. So we see a lot of people who have ideas and then lose interest after the prototype is complete. After the tech cofounder spends a month or so full time building it. It helps to actually care about the problem and know enough about it for a long time.