I really like the author's style of writing. They explain things really clearly and include details that show where Steve Jobs got the traits for success. I really find it fascinating that so many qualities of Steve Job's success came from his childhood and his parents. I think that without having the father that Steve Jobs' had, or growing up in the valley he did with all the new technological development, Steve Jobs might be a name that a lot of us don't know. Instead, he got lucky with his father, where he lived, and who he met. In turn, Apple was created. I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone, especially if you have an interest in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science. This is a superbly well-written book.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Steve Jobs
As I have read further into this book, I have realized how important and special Job's childhood was. His father, Paul Jobs, who adopted Steve along with his wife, Clara Jobs, gave him so many good qualities. Despite the fact that Paul Jobs was a high school drop-out, he was responsible for inspiring and interesting Steve with electronics. Steve loved to work along side his father or watch his father to learn about electronics. As Steve got more interested, he took off on his own and became a lot smarter than his parents. Also, Paul Jobs had this thing for perfection. As many people know, Steve as an adult, working at Apple, had a need for perfection. Steve said that he got this from his dad, who seemed perfection of anything he built. Steve said that his dad didn't care if the part wasn't even visible because it was inside the product; it had to be perfect. Eventually Steve Jobs would meet up with the "other" Steve, Steve Wozniak. Together, they founded the Apple computer company, where Steve Jobs was the business-man, and Steve Wozniak was more of an engineer
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Wow! Sounds like a really great book! I don't know much about Steve Jobs but this makes me really interested. Thanks John!
ReplyDeleteI also started reading this book. I'm being kind of nitpicky here, but you left out some key parts. One part of Steve's life was bad and naughty. After his high school years, he skittered away time by executing pranks. Although humor glutted these pranks, they were still cruel. To do these pranks, a machine that blocked phone calls was entailed. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak designed a machine that, when a person called another person, shrouded the caller's phone number. Steve utilized this to wreak havoc on people; he called people, hurled ridiculous, odd, or offensive statements at them, and then withdrew from the phone call. He used the machine to veil his number, so his victims could not contact him. He exacted this badness upon many people, until this fun started to tiptoe into an area of danger. One day, a mysterious man prodded Steve with a gun and threatened to kill him if he did not supply the machine that disguised phone numbers during phone calls. After this, the Steves, both Wozniak and Jobs, abstained from using this. A negative quality of Steve Jobs was that he was obsessive. Like you said, John, Steve craved perfection, so when his employees' work did not measure up to his standards, he would verbally abuse them; he would bombard them with enormously cruel statements. This enraged the board of Apple and impelled them to toss Steve out of the company. But don't get me wrong; Steve was an amazing person. He revolutionized the way we live. Without Apple products such as the iPad, iPod, and Mac, the happiness in our lives would seriously be tapered.
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