Reset_Tears t1_iyclgjo wrote
Reply to comment by ElfMage83 in TIL Nolan Bushnell, the inventor of Pong and founder of Atari, also founded another company: Chuck E. Cheese by PresidentWeevil
Inventor of Pong would really be Allan Alcorn, who was assigned the project by Nolan Bushnell as a sort of "training exercise."
The real TIL I've experienced though was on Allan Alcorn's Wikipedia entry, which randomly details a story of him (as chief engineer of Atari) hiring an 18-year-old "hippy kid" who smelled so bad Alcorn had to make him only work at night. That young recruit's name... Steve Jobs.
ElfMage83 t1_iyclwfw wrote
Jobs was a weird one for sure. I wonder how long before the reality distortion field fails completely.
bolanrox t1_iydzwci wrote
Jobs then outsourced his work to Woz for less than half of the money he was getting.
Woz did the work because he found it fun more than anything
8urnMeTwice t1_iyf8j6k wrote
And the game they made was Breakout right? I used to love that game
SomewhatIntriguing t1_iye14ok wrote
Well that's the whole point of outsourcing, to make a profit.
Halvus_I t1_iyemo3v wrote
I suppose when the company he built is worth less than a trillion dollars.
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