A tech entrepreneur shared the advice Steve Jobs once gave him that's helped him find success and happiness in his career

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Ron Gutman
Ron Gutman is a tech and healthcare entrepreneur

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Steve Jobs once said the best managers are 'individual contributors' who aren't interested in managing people

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Steve Jobs once said professional managers he hired at Apple were "bozos."

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I worked with Steve Jobs as a software engineer straight out of college. It was like playing on a great sports team.

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Mac team members at the Mac introduction at the Flint Center. Left to right standing: Rony Sebok, Burrell Smith, Steve Jobs, Joanna Hoffman, and Hasmig Seropian; kneeling is Bill Atkinson and Andy Hertzfeld.
Mac team members after introducing the Macintosh computer.

Steve Jobs' life and Apple career, from cofounder, to exile, to CEO

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Apple cofounder Steve Jobs

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OpenAI is looking more and more like Apple after launching its GPT Store

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Sam Altman presenting onstage.
Sam Altman is CEO of OpenAI.

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Steve Jobs' death from pancreatic cancer meant the end of an era after the Apple founder's loss

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Young Steve Jobs

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Apple CEO: A timeline of the company's leadership evolution and executive decision makers

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Tim Cook flashes a peace sign next to white VR goggles
Apple CEO Tim Cook.

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Bill Gates thinks of himself as 'very nice' compared to Elon Musk and Steve Jobs

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Bill Gates and Elon Musk.

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A 1976 check signed by Steve Jobs to Radio Shack is set to fetch more than $20,000 at an auction

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Apple cofounder Steve Jobs
Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.

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Sam Altman's return to OpenAI means he joins Steve Jobs and Jack Dorsey on a list of CEOs who left companies they founded – then eventually came back.

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Sam Altman was forced out as the CEO of OpenAI on Friday, setting into motion a weekend of chaos for the company.

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