In 1983, Steve Jobs gave a speech to the International Design Conference in Aspen – the theme of that year’s conference was “The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be”
Steve spoke to the way he hired extremely talented and creative people at Apple
This is where he made the famous quote “We hire people to tell us what to do” vs hiring people and telling them what to do
The idea is hiring at a technology is not about a “good fit” but people that challenge everything on a daily basis
Steve was able to get the best and brightest to do things they thought were not possible and not fall in to the trap of of playing it safe
Today it is rare thing to see this level of determination to hire this level of rebellious talent at startup companies and legacy companies.
