One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
I've thought two minutes more about Henry Ford "faster horses" quote and its a very strange one because it seems to imply that Ford was the guy who invented the car. Which was invented twenty years before in Germany.
Henry Ford is known for something else entirely: making the Ford T affordable. Why would have he asked users? The goal (make it cheap) is obvious. The way to get there is (huge assembly lines of a standardized car) is nothing a user can contribute too.
I deeply regret googling for Henry Ford quotes though, I had forgotten what a huge antisemite he was.
Ouch, I didn't know. If you go far enough back in time, we're probably all descendants of cruel people. I'm a Norwegian, so I sometimes apologise to British people on behalf of my ancestors (mostly like a joke to start a conversation) - However, there is some truth to it.
Anyways, when Ford started manufacturing cars, only 2% of US (or something) could afford cars. The rest would use horses and carriages I presume is the idea ...
... most of whom I guess would want faster horses. Regardless, the idea is old as dust, and didn't originate with Steve Jobs ...
One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
None of us is perfect, but Henry Ford was vile on a complete different scale. He was a conspiracy theorist, owned an antisemitic newspaper, published the antisemitic book The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem which quotes I was saddened to find and which is still banned in Germany, financed Hitler, was quoted favorably by Hitler in Mein Kampf. Ford the company also contributed to the nazi war effort during WW2. In sum he was perhaps the leading antisemite in the US.
I've thought two minutes more about Henry Ford "faster horses" quote and its a very strange one because it seems to imply that Ford was the guy who invented the car. Which was invented twenty years before in Germany.
Henry Ford is known for something else entirely: making the Ford T affordable. Why would have he asked users? The goal (make it cheap) is obvious. The way to get there is (huge assembly lines of a standardized car) is nothing a user can contribute too.
As expected I found that the quote is fake: quoteinvestigator.com/2011/07/28/f...
I deeply regret googling for Henry Ford quotes though, I had forgotten what a huge antisemite he was.
Ouch, I didn't know. If you go far enough back in time, we're probably all descendants of cruel people. I'm a Norwegian, so I sometimes apologise to British people on behalf of my ancestors (mostly like a joke to start a conversation) - However, there is some truth to it.
Anyways, when Ford started manufacturing cars, only 2% of US (or something) could afford cars. The rest would use horses and carriages I presume is the idea ...
... most of whom I guess would want faster horses. Regardless, the idea is old as dust, and didn't originate with Steve Jobs ...
None of us is perfect, but Henry Ford was vile on a complete different scale. He was a conspiracy theorist, owned an antisemitic newspaper, published the antisemitic book The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem which quotes I was saddened to find and which is still banned in Germany, financed Hitler, was quoted favorably by Hitler in Mein Kampf. Ford the company also contributed to the nazi war effort during WW2. In sum he was perhaps the leading antisemite in the US.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford#A...
Wow ...!!
I had no idea ...