Ask HN: Bill Gates or Steve Jobs? Who do you hire first for your start-up?

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Bill Gates. Seems like a much easier guy to get along with, and eventhough Steve Jobs's vision and ideas are great, it doesn't really make sense to hire someone for the vision: you should have that yourself.
Gates. Because if you take Jobbs, then whatever you make will be painted white, made shiny, and the price doubled.
This should have been a poll. I prefer Jobs style.