> In other words, Serlet isn’t leaving because because Lion heralds some subsuming of OS X to iOS and the setting of his star at Apple. He’s leaving because he feels it’s time and likely because Lion seems a perfect monument to his legacy at Apple.
via [digitaldaily.allthingsd.com](http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20110323/mac-daddy-serlets-surprise-departure-more-of-a-planned-transition/)
I’ll miss Serlet, because he was an interesting personality on the Apple team. But I agree, there’s no reason to read too much into this. By all accounts, this retirement is a long time coming, as the keynote appearance of Federighi last year suggests. We might be surprised, but Apple’s executive team has been aware of this for a while.
For guys like Steve Jobs, your career and your life are basically one in the same. The guy will likely never be satisfied that he’s done enough to change the world. But for a lot of others, once you’ve made the dent on the universe, and you’ve made more than enough money to live happily ever after, why not part ways with your job and move on to something less demanding? The man is a brilliant engineer; he probably has some other interests that he’d like to pursue.
He says he’d like to focus more on science and less on products. I take him at his word.
