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I really like this way of introducing a new feature/service. Straight to the point, explains what it does, which problem it solves, gives practical examples and walks the reader through them. So many times when I read about a new feature/service I am left with more questions than I had started with, but this was great!

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One of the more interesting things about WL is that Stephen Wolfram is really a genuine daily user of the software his company makes and he's the final say on what ships and in what form. They used to livestream his meetings reviewing potential new features on Youtube, an interesting watch. It didn't make me want to work there but I did feel like he cared very much. Quite Jobsian, dare I say.

> Quite Jobsian, dare I say.

Good for product: not so good for people.

I am told that he gave a great deal of agency to people he trusted, though.

In my career, I ran into two [brilliant] individuals that had, at one time, worked with Jobs.

They both hated him.

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