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@Tutanota@mastodon.social 8 hr. ago

Who do you look up to?

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CEO of Apple
Competitive swimmer
No MBA
Studied mechanical engineering
Had a minor in Psychology,
Joined Apple as an engineer
Kept climbing, one product line at a time, for over a decade
Became VP of Hardware Engineering
Promoted to Senior VP
Led Apple's entire transition from Intel chips to its own custom Apple Silicon
Took over Apple Watch and helped ship Vision Pro
Became CEO — CEO of Apple Competitive swimmer No MBA Studied mechanical engineering Had a minor in Psychology, Joined Apple as an engineer Kept climbing, one product line at a time, for over a decade Became VP of Hardware Engineering Promoted to Senior VP Led Apple's entire transition from Intel chips to its own custom Apple Silicon Took over Apple Watch and helped ship Vision Pro Became CEO

Creator of the Linux kernel
Started programming as a teenager
No MBA
No traditional Silicon Valley career path
Started Linux in 1991 as a 21-year-old student
Described it as “just a hobby”
Released the Linux kernel openly on the internet
Released Linux 1.0 in 1994
Joined the Open Source Development Labs, later becoming the Linux Foundation
Remains the ultimate authority over what code goes into the Linux kernel
Has spent 35+ years working on Linux
Became one of the most influential figures in computing — without ever becoming a conventional CEO — Creator of the Linux kernel Started programming as a teenager No MBA No traditional Silicon Valley career path Started Linux in 1991 as a 21-year-old student Described it as “just a hobby” Released the Linux kernel openly on the internet Released Linux 1.0 in 1994 Joined the Open Source Development Labs, later becoming the Linux Foundation Remains the ultimate authority over what code goes into the Linux kernel Has spent 35+ years working on Linux Became one of the most influential figures in computing — without ever becoming a conventional CEO

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@dasmatus@mastodon.social 2 hr. ago

@Tutanota Linus is better. But M-chips are very impressive.

@mike@fosstodon.org 3 hr. ago

@Tutanota I appreciate what Linus has done for me and the world in general. I don't know enough about Ternus to care. I don't see much in his bio that's inspirational.

Chad McCullough

@chadmccullough@mastodon.bsd.cafe 3 hr. ago

@Tutanota A few months ago? I might have said Torvalds.

But now? Neither one.

@Heidentweet@todon.eu 4 hr. ago

@Tutanota
Neither.

This makes me seriously reconsider moving my account to you.

LupusCrystal 🐺

@lupuscrystal@mastodon.social 6 hr. ago

@Tutanota Nether.

@machine@social.tchncs.de 7 hr. ago

I don't look up. I look forward.

@nohamux@piaille.fr 8 hr. ago

Neither AI guys

@PetterOfCats@mastodon.world 8 hr. ago

@Tutanota easy, yourself.

believe in yourself and stop worshiping others. they are just people and don't need to be put on pedestals.

@gruby@mas.to 8 hr. ago

@Tutanota Linus, obviously.

@daigz@mastodon.world 8 hr. ago

@Tutanota
Linus. Not a hard choice to make really.

Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱

@cjmoorehead@techhub.social 8 hr. ago

@Tutanota The one who isn't kissing Trump's ass.

@graham_arden@mastodon.social 8 hr. ago

@Tutanota neither of them.

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