Leaving the Nest
I already knew that Fadell was a jerk, but apparently he&#x27;s delusional as well. Via <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2016-06-03&#x2F;flying-google-s-nest-fadell-defends-his-record-and-methods" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2016-06-03&#x2F;flying-goo...</a>:<p>&quot;I don’t know why I feel this way, but between working closely with Bill Campbell, working closely with Steve Jobs and watching a lot of my mentors pass on, unfortunately, I feel like I bear this responsibility now. There’s a few of us who are keepers of that knowledge. It’s almost our responsibility to be able to continue that way of thinking, that way of working. Expect excellence, respect excellence, drive hard, change things, don’t accept the status quo, push yourself, push the people on your team harder than they could ever imagine, and they will do more than they could have ever imagined.&quot;<p>You gotta love these incompetent execs, who have taken nothing away from Steve Jobs&#x27; legacy except &quot;be an asshole&quot;. Tony, listen: Steve Jobs succeeded <i>in spite of</i> being a massive douche, because he was a genius who essentially invented new product categories, and made them work really really well. You, on the other hand, stuck networking interfaces in common household appliances, usually making them worse. Your psychopathic treatment of your employees gains you nothing in that case.