From our 5-part series on Silicon Valley Pioneers meet Andy Hertzfeld known as “software wizard” at Apple computers. He was part of the original Macintosh team at Apple computers. In the 1990s Hertzfeld along with his colleague Bill Atkinson and Marc Porat cofounded General Magic and their goal was to produce a personal communicator device.

In Part-1 of our conversation Hertzfeld shares how he discovered his love for computers in high school in Pennsylvania. He thought he would become a math professor and had no idea he would be working as a computer scientist in an iconic Silicon Valley company.

After completing his undergraduate degree from Brown University he relocated to San Francisco Bay Area for his graduate studies at University of California Berkeley. Hertzfeld vividly recollects the first time he saw an Apple Computer in a store at Berkeley and was completely captivated by it. Not long after that he bought his first Apple and that acquisition changed his life completely. Hertzfeld shares how he dropped out of his graduated studies after getting his Master’s degree and went to join Apple computers.

Tune back in for Part-2 of our conversation with Hertzfeld where he talks about his work at Apple computers and working with Steve Wozniak.

This conversation is part of Season 4 of our Silicon Valley Pioneers series that spotlights the role of “hidden figures” in Silicon Valley. This 5-part series featuring Hertzfeld and Atkinson is sponsored by Zoho.

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