Apple founder Steve Jobs’ quality that made him ‘best manager to work with’

Apple founder Steve Jobs

was “one of the most disagreeable people in the history of humankind” said venture capitalist

Marc Andreessen

. Speaking on the "A16z" podcast produced by his investment firm,

Andreessen Horowitz

, Andreessen said that being disagreeable was part of Jobs’ genius. He said that the Apple founder would “disagree with you over the shape of a glass on the table in front of you, he was going to argue about everything.” “It was where a lot of the genius came from,” Andreessen added. Revealing further about Steve Jobs, Andreessen said “He was just not going to take the status quo for granted under any circumstances.”

Marc Andreessen on Steve Jobs: ‘Best manager to work with’

During the podcast, the tech investor shared his views on Jobs, saying his reality personality was more balanced than often portrayed in books and stories. Andreessen stated that most accounts of Jobs fall into two extremes- either calling him a ‘saint’ or a ‘screaming lunatic’ who would yell at and fire employees at meetings.

"I think the reality was in the middle," Andreessen said."If you brought him first-class work, and if you were topping your field and super diligent, and on top of everything, and had all the details figured out, and knew what you were doing, and really good, he was like the best manager you were ever going to work with, and the best CEO you were ever going to work with," he added. Andreessen further revealed that most people who worked with Jobs believe they did their best work under him. "His approach to performance management was 'everybody is going to be doing top-end work, if not, they're not going to be here. As a consequence, the best people in the world are going to love being here because they're surrounded by the best people in the world,'" he stated.