JaymesRS@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoApple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple's chief executive officer, and hardware engineering chief John Ternus is set to take over September1st, Apple announced today.www.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square201linkfedilinkarrow-up1655arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1637arrow-down1external-linkApple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple's chief executive officer, and hardware engineering chief John Ternus is set to take over September1st, Apple announced today.www.macrumors.comJaymesRS@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square201linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down5·4 days agoFinally, the bean counter steps down so that an engineer can take the reins again. I mean, at least he didn’t fuck things up like so many other bean counters have. But he was only ever a bean counter.
minus-squaretailiat@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·4 days agoThere’s never been an engineer CEO at Apple. Should be interesting.
minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-22 days agoEven Wozniak has said that while Jobs wasn’t a good engineer, he did know enough to be strategically savvy. Edited in hindsight for clarity.
minus-squareblitzen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoBy “he” you mean Jobs, right? Or Cook? Surely you don’t mean “himself” (Woz), because he was a goddamned genius engineer.
Finally, the bean counter steps down so that an engineer can take the reins again.
I mean, at least he didn’t fuck things up like so many other bean counters have. But he was only ever a bean counter.
There’s never been an engineer CEO at Apple. Should be interesting.
Even Wozniak has said that while Jobs wasn’t a good engineer, he did know enough to be strategically savvy.
Edited in hindsight for clarity.
By “he” you mean Jobs, right? Or Cook? Surely you don’t mean “himself” (Woz), because he was a goddamned genius engineer.