Why do we ever only read stories about Ive, and not nearly as often about people who made software design decisions, who work on the OS or security, or who made strategic decisions such as Apple's walled garden?
The only technocrat who triumphed seems to be Ive.
Because Ive is a public figure and he was show cased during SJ era. I am not trying to diminish Ive's contributions but the software guys will never get the mainstream love as the design guys.
If stories about Software guys are written that would be tech media which is heavily dropping the ball, because they have some product to unpack and try it for a day and given it some useless score.
I agree with you, but it's worth noting that shortly after Jobs' death, Scott Forstall was kicked out, and Jony Ive took over software UI design as well. The result was iOS 7 and its flat UI.
The only technocrat who triumphed seems to be Ive.