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Software Engineering

Steve Jobs in Exile

aired Oct 08, 2026 · 122.0m
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Summary

The popular story of Steve Jobs is that he co-founded Apple, got pushed out, wandered through a failed venture called Next, then returned to save the company and usher in the iPod and iPhone. It's a memorable story, but it treats his years at Next as a footnote.

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It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of know, next, steve, including: It's a memorable story, but it treats his years at Next as a footnote.

Key takeaways
  1. 01Matt Merrill is a software engineering leader with over 20 years of experience building and scaling software teams across enterprise and product-focused organizations
  2. 02So one of the most fascinating things I found diving into the story of Next Computer is that the memory that we all have of it is off
  3. 03And the usual story goes that Steve co-founded Apple in the garage with Steve Wozniak
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