Apple Executive Behind Breakthrough Hardware Technologies to Retire

[gund1234]

Breakthrough technologies lmao.
All they did was put some improvements to it. But other than silicon chips, they created nothing new.

Although you’ve got to hand them kudos for reselling the same thing over and over and create more revenue and profit.

before iPhone was released resistive touch & multi touch was crappy to use, Apple perfected the technology. just one example.
Apple is good at taking existing technology polishing it and using it in their products.
if you think about it you could say the same about the A/M series processors, they license it from ARM and TSMC manufactures them.

 

[gund1234]

Did this executive invent the technologies the title lists? This is misleading - how about giving credit to the actual engineers or analysts to really invented or created these technologies? I have worked in IT for 20 years and I'm tired of suits getting credit for what the workers actually produce. "Behind Breakthrough Hardware Technologies" - you mean to say, the suit that sat in meetings discussing the hard work of other IT people, basically told them "Yes keep working on this" and then somehow gets credit for the invention?

there are two different kinds of managers, technical and MBA managers.
Technical managers do provide guidance, long term vision and help when employees are struck.
MBA managers want pretty presentations, due data and name of the person working on it.
it is difficult to find good technical managers these days.
I have enjoyed working with few good technical managers.
Technical managers also work with other teams to develop the technologies they need and make the technology work in a product.

What you are talking about os MBA managers, i hate them too.

 

[Jumpthesnark]

Did this executive invent the technologies the title lists? This is misleading - how about giving credit to the actual engineers or analysts to really invented or created these technologies? I have worked in IT for 20 years and I'm tired of suits getting credit for what the workers actually produce. "Behind Breakthrough Hardware Technologies" - you mean to say, the suit that sat in meetings discussing the hard work of other IT people, basically told them "Yes keep working on this" and then somehow gets credit for the invention?

Here's 5 pages of patents that have his name on them. Some name him alone and most name the entire team that worked on the project. Assuming that he is taking credit for the work that others do, and that he is simply a "suit that sat in meetings discussing the hard work of other IT people" may say more about you than it does about Hotelling.

I hope he has a happy and healthy retirement.

 

[aleksander]

Did this executive invent the technologies the title lists? This is misleading - how about giving credit to the actual engineers or analysts to really invented or created these technologies? I have worked in IT for 20 years and I'm tired of suits getting credit for what the workers actually produce. "Behind Breakthrough Hardware Technologies" - you mean to say, the suit that sat in meetings discussing the hard work of other IT people, basically told them "Yes keep working on this" and then somehow gets credit for the invention?

You don't have to invent, for example, multitouch in order to significantly improve the technology. Because seeing folks struggle with super laggy gestures on some unnamed phones out there, I'd say there's a lot that can go into it.

 

[oldMacGenius]

Wonder why: age, health, family, or management?

Probably a combination of all of these. I actually have half of these reasons personally for not wanting to work anymore, so I don’t.

 

[0339327]

Sounds like a classic level 5 leader. It’s not surprising that many of us have never heard of him.

Quiet and unassuming, putting the success of the company and coworkers ahead of his, yet fiercely devoted to the cause and producing greatness.

 

[johnsc3]

Wonder why: age, health, family, or management?

Cellar modem, maybe?

 

[TruthAboveAllElse]

Wow, I didn't know about this guy. Now I know I should've. I know all about Tony Fadell and how unrecognized he was for his work on the iPod and iPhone, but not this guy. Legend. Hopefully he has an enjoyable retirement.

How is Fadell unrecognized?

 

[bLackjackj]

Looks like Apple finally had enough of the court cases,..clearly. I'd say "retirement" was imminent.

 

[whcchief]

Uh oh, here I go...

There's Hotelling where his next adventure will lead.

Hotels?

 

[svish]

Wishing him all the best for the future!

 

[threesixty360]

Just goes to show there are way to many executive positions at Apple. Here he is being vice president of hardware technologies reporting to the senior vice president of hardware technologies who in turn reports to the president of hardware technologies. It is utterly ridiculous that Apple need 3 executives for what is basically the same job/department, a vice president, a senior vice president and president.

I wonder what the position below Steve Hotelling is, assistant vice president?? lol

Surely it depends on how many workers you have? It’s essentially just reporting lines like a big pyramid. Apple has thousands of staff but divisions are not divided by product so much. There isn’t a iPhone, iPad, mac division i believe. So I would expect the layers of management to be a lot. I wouldn’t read much into the titles themselves. Quite often they don’t describe the actual job they are really doing. Essentially though, the fewer people under you the more you can effectively manage what people are doing.

 

[16”]

Wonder why: age, health, family, or management?

Think about it he developed all the key tech but wasn’t the senior vp had to report to srouji

 

[Asthmatic Kitty]

Damn, this guy sounds invaluable. Serious loss to the company (and by proxy, us) by the sounds of it.

 

[rhaezorblue]

Here's 5 pages of patents that have his name on them. Some name him alone and most name the entire team that worked on the project. Assuming that he is taking credit for the work that others do, and that he is simply a "suit that sat in meetings discussing the hard work of other IT people" may say more about you than it does about Hotelling.

I hope he has a happy and healthy retirement.

It absolutely does not say more about me than him. I am asking a question - because I see this all the time at large corporations, including the two my wife and I work at lol.

 

[rhaezorblue]

It was probably less about giving him credit, and more about falsely implying that the sole inventor of dozens of crucial technologies was quitting Apple.

A headline like "Long-time upper management decides to retire" doesn't get the clicks.

I think you nailed it.

 

[Jumpthesnark]

It absolutely does not say more about me than him. I am asking a question - because I see this all the time at large corporations, including the two my wife and I work at lol.

Rather than asking a question, it came across as a statement of fact (saying the story's premise is misleading, and then comparing his assumed behavior to what you say you experienced from different people at what I am assuming is a different company that isn't Apple).

Your experience is valid, but it may not apply at all to him and his team.

 

[adrianjagielak]

Why would it be?

Apple isn't going to ship it until it is non-arguably as good or better than Qualcomm's modem, or until Qualcomm decides they want to gamble with Apple's business during contract negotiations.

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