Lookatme edition published an excerpt from the book Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader ("Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a reckless upstart visionary leader") about how engineers worked with Steve Jobs in his company NeXT.
"Impermanence Steve dumbfounded when they [engineers] worked under his leadership named NeXT, his micromanagement was left. He assumed that they will work nights and weekends. He did not hesitate to call on Saturdays and holidays, if he found any immediate problems. Yet engineers hardware and software could not resist that to work for Steve Jobs.
Steve understood the feelings of engineers. At heart they are the ones who solve the problem. They bliss, when digging and looking for a way out of the problem, especially if it's a rough way without a clear vision for the future. Steve challenged in ways they never imagined. No one in the computer business did not have such goals and expectations; No one seemed to be worried about his work [so much]. The idea of a computer that can change the process of education, was awesome. And for his incredibly talented programmers and techies idea of such a special computer for that special boss was simply irresistible [attractive]".
NeXT was founded by Steve Jobs in 1985 after his departure from Apple. The company introduced the first computer in 1988, and a smaller version of NeXT station in 1990. Sales were relatively limited in shipment units totaled about 50 000 units. Nevertheless, created NeXT OpenStep standard application programming has had a tremendous impact on the industry. Apple bought NeXT in December 1996 for $ 429 million, resulting in most of the OS X operating system is based on the OpenStep.