--- title: "1 Interesting Innovative Quotes By Jon Evans" description: "1 Interesting Innovative quotes by Jon Evans. Plus more from Jon Evans and more Interesting Innovative sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a8/jon-evans-27097_done_i-don-t-mind-that-bill-gates-is-a-mega-z_1232920.png" --- > [I don't mind that Bill Gates is a mega zillionaire; he's done a lot of really interesting and innovative stuff. I do mind that a lot of unworthy people rode his coattails to minizillionaire status, e.g. the inventor of Hungarian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-evans/i-don-t-mind-that-bill-gates-is-a-mega-zillionaire-he-s-done-a-lot-of/) [Jon Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a8/jon-evans-27097_done_i-don-t-mind-that-bill-gates-is-a-mega-z_1232920.png) ## More by Jon Evans > [Governments are scared of software.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-evans/governments-are-scared-of-software/) [Jon Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-evans/) > [The tech industry used to be home to a disproportionate number of misfits and weirdos. Geeks. Nerds. People who needed to know how machines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-evans/the-tech-industry-used-to-be-home-to-a-disproportionate-number-of/) [Jon Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-evans/) > [I've been a software engineer, a novelist, a journalist, and a manager - and managing developers is easily the trickiest thing I've ever done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-evans/i-ve-been-a-software-engineer-a-novelist-a-journalist-and-a-manager/) [Jon Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-evans/) > [“Humans serve cats as dogs serve humans. And sometimes, I fear, as ineptly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-evans/humans-serve-cats-as-dogs-serve-humans-and-sometimes-i-fear-as-ineptly/) [Jon Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-evans/) > [Every time you log in to Facebook, every time you click on your News Feed, every time you Like a photo, every time you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-evans/every-time-you-log-in-to-facebook-every-time-you-click-on-your-news/) [Jon Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-evans/) > [In theory, the Internet should bring us all closer together and slowly eliminate our differences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-evans/in-theory-the-internet-should-bring-us-all-closer-together-and-slowly/) [Jon Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-evans/) > [To succeed in the tech industry, you start businesses, make money, and make smart investments. But to succeed in the tech community, you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-evans/to-succeed-in-the-tech-industry-you-start-businesses-make-money-and/) [Jon Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-evans/) > [I don't mind that Bill Gates is a mega zillionaire; he's done a lot of really interesting and innovative stuff. I do mind that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-evans/i-don-t-mind-that-bill-gates-is-a-mega-zillionaire-he-s-done-a-lot-of/) [Jon Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-evans/) > [To inflict cruelties on defenceless creatures, or condone such acts, is to abuse one of the cardinal tenets of a civilized society - reverence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-evans/to-inflict-cruelties-on-defenceless-creatures-or-condone-such-acts-is/) [Jon Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-evans/) > [It is probable that Facebook boasts the broadest, deepest, and most comprehensive dataset of human information, interests, and activity ever collected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-evans/it-is-probable-that-facebook-boasts-the-broadest-deepest-and-most/) [Jon Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-evans/) > [“The Labyrinth, a walled garden where humans tortured plants and flowers into growing in straight lines and sharp corners so unnatural that it hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-evans/the-labyrinth-a-walled-garden-where-humans-tortured-plants-and/) [Jon Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-evans/) > [Traditional technical interviews are terrible for everyone. They're a bad way for companies to evaluate candidates. They're a bad way for candidates to evaluate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-evans/traditional-technical-interviews-are-terrible-for-everyone-they-re-a/) [Jon Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-evans/) > [Basically, a manager's job is to make other people more productive. What's one really good way to do that? Do the work that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-evans/basically-a-manager-s-job-is-to-make-other-people-more-productive/) [Jon Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-evans/) > [It is a truth universally acknowledged, in the enlightened liberal semi-socialist California circles in which I often move, that Uber is evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-evans/it-is-a-truth-universally-acknowledged-in-the-enlightened-liberal/) [Jon Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-evans/) > [The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-evans/the-great-irony-of-management-is-that-the-higher-up-you-go-the-less/) [Jon Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-evans/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interesting-innovative/jon-evans/#itemlist", "name": "1 Interesting Innovative Quotes By Jon Evans", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't mind that Bill Gates is a mega zillionaire; he's done a lot of really interesting and innovative stuff. 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