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Steve Jobs Content vs Process

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Tech pioneers & interviewsManagement, leadership & organizationsProduct & industrial design

What it is

A three-minute clip of Steve Jobs arguing that great products come from people who care about content rather than process. He says process-focused people take over and cause decline, citing IBM as an example.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Quoted whenever HN discusses process-heavy management and companies losing their product focus.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “I wish more leaders understood this.”

    Jobs argues people who understand content matter more than process and politics

    colund, 2024-01 · Strong recommendation · in “27 years ago, Steve Jobs said the best employees focus on content, not process”

  2. “Intereting talk :- ) "Steve Jobs: Content vs Process”

    Three-minute talk on content versus process in great products.

    KajMagnus, 2021-03 · Recommendation · in “Fuckin' user interface design, I swear”

  3. “there is also this gold nugget from Steve jobs”

    Steve Jobs on how process replaces content and led to IBM's downfall

    edelans, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “Low process culture, high process culture”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: steve jobs, management, process vs content, product culture, apple

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