Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderReading this reminded me of a post by Miguel de Icaza: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2012/Nov-07.html Basically, Miguel argues that Walter Isaacson failed, as did many who tried to describe Steve Jobs recently: >Whenever the story gets close to an interesting historical event, or starts exploring a big unknown of Steve's work, we are condescendingly told that "Steve Activated the Reality Distortion Field". >Every. Single. Time. >Not once did the biographer try to uncover what made people listen to Steve. Not…
It's a shame the article does not have any content at all about how it was like working with Steve Jobs. It's an article about the design process they used, with very little info anyway.
Prior discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11036195
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 488
- Total comments
- 176
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-01-22 | What it's Really Like Working with Steve JobsFirst breakout · Best thread | eggspurt | 351 | 132 |
| 2016-02-04 | What It's Really Like Working with Steve Jobs (2011)Latest 20+ point return | walterbell | 136 | 43 |
| 2019-11-05 | What It's Like Working with Steve Jobs | pcr910303 | 1 | 1 |