Wozniak: People are innately either engineers or inventors, not both
Steve Wozniak · a16z Podcast: Best Clips of 2022 · Dec 27, 2022 · at 25:30
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak explains the fundamental difference between practical engineering execution and inventive drive when building technology teams.
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“You don't change it. You don't just say tomorrow I'm going to be an inventor. Today I'm an engineer. You're usually one or the other.”
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