A-players

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"A-player" is a term used by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to describe a highly competent employee that benefits a company by not tolerating inferior work by "B" or "C" players, which he referred to as "bozos".
==Quotes==
I’ve learned over the years that, when you have really good people, you don’t have to baby them. By expecting them to do great things, you can get them to do great things. The original Mac team taught me that A-plus players like to work together, and they don’t like it if you tolerate B-grade work.
—Steve Jobs
What I saw with Woz was somebody who was 50 times better than the average engineer. He could have meetings in his head. The Mac team was an attempt to build a whole team like that, A players. People said that they wouldn't get along, they'd hate working with each other. But I realized that A players like to work with A players, they just didn't like working with C players. At Pixar, it was a whole company of A players. When I got back to Apple, that's what I decided to try to do. You need to have a collaborative hiring process. When we hire someone, even if they're going to be in marketing, I will have them talk to the design folks and the engineers.
—Steve Jobs
==References==
*What I Learned From Steve Jobs by Guy Kawasaki (2011-10-08)
*Steve Jobs’s Tips for Hiring Your A-Team by Jay Elliott at Entrepreneur (2012-12-07, archived 2012-12-09)
*Recruit A-Players | Steve Jobs Quote by Krista Bradford at the GoodSearch (2019-05-21)
Category:Apple culture
Category:Jargon