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  • Pong inventor made Steve Jobs work night shift because of his bad B.O.

    11/19/2022 11:50:22 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 43 replies
    New York Posr ^ | November 19, 2022 | Gavin Newsham
    Allan Alcorn was desperate when he hired a young college dropout named Steve Jobs. Atari, the fledgling computer games company he worked for, was scrambling to staff up after the sudden success of its first game, Pong. Now, here was a young hippie in sandals, waiting in reception and asking for a job as a technician. “It was 1973 and there was this kid, maybe 18, who was just so passionate about technology – said his name was Steve Jobs,” Alcorn told The Post “So I hired him.” “He was kind of a pain to work with and he had...