Steve Jobs said something that still feels uncomfortable:

Steve Jobs said something that still feels uncomfortable:
“All the work I’ve done will be obsolete in a few years.”
Coming from the person who shaped the PC, the smartphone…
basically the modern digital world.
And yet, he knew that It won’t last.
In a 1994 interview, he shared a simple idea most founders still ignore:
Technology doesn’t endure.
Principles do.
Newton’s laws? Still here.
Mozart? Still here.
Your product roadmap? Already outdated 😅
Jobs described technology like layers of rock.
Each innovation adds something.
And then gets buried by the next one.
You build.
Then someone builds on top of you.
And eventually… your layer disappears from view.
Not because it didn’t matter, because progress keeps stacking.
That’s the strange paradox of building in tech:
You’re creating something meaningful…
that probably won’t be remembered.
But it will be used.
Extended.
Rewritten.
Improved.
So maybe the goal isn’t legacy in the traditional sense.
Not recognition.
Not permanence.
But contribution.
Because in this world, impact doesn’t look like a statue.
It looks like a foundation no one sees… but everyone stands on.
A bit humbling.
Also a bit freeing.
Because it means you don’t have to build something that lasts forever.
Just something that moves things forward. Today.
Build anyway!
Curious, do you think about legacy when you build, or more like momentum? 💭
If you’re figuring out what exactly to build next, happy to challenge and structure it with you:
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