Why do the words "Steve Jobs" and "programming" in the same sentence very slightly rub me the wrong way. Probably because one thing he wasn't, amongst all the superhuman things attributed to him by Apple zealots, is a programmer.
The teams he assembled and worked with had a crazy impact on programmers, software development, computer platforms and end users. Even when he way not a developer himself, he looked for very bright people in software development to make it possible to develop new computer platforms. Home computers, early graphical workstations, desktop publishing, UNIX workstation for students, next generation operating systems for personal computers, ...