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  • Steve Jobs’ 1973 Pre-Apple Job Application Should Give You Hope

    02 Mar 2018 by Sloane Hunter in Apple, Digicape, ManpowerGroup SA, Steve Jobs, Tech/Sci, Vibe
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    Before Apple, Steve Jobs was just like you and me, doing what he could to get paid.

    In 1973 he had just dropped out of university and, aspiring to work in the fledgling tech industry, filled out a job application form.

    Now, 45 years later and the form, which is “in very good condition, with intersecting folds, overall creasing, light staining, and some old clear tape to the top edge”, is up for auction, reports Business Tech:

    The page-long form is handwritten, and has numerous grammatical errors. The co-founder of Apple, who went on to pioneer the iPod and iPhone before passing away in 2011 from Pancreatic Cancer, described his ‘Special Abilities’ as “electronics tech or design engineer. digital.—from Bay near Hewitt-Packard [sic].”

    Jobs filled out the document with his name, “Steven jobs”; address, “reed college”; phone, “none”; and major, “english lit.” In the middle section, he wrote “yes” in response to ‘Driver’s License?’ and “possible, but not probable,” in reply to ‘Access to transportation?’

    With regard to his skills, next to ‘Computer’ and ‘Calculator,’ he wrote, “yes (design, tech).”

    And, possibly because of all the errors, it’s expected to fetch up to R600 000 in Boston on March 8:

    If your resume is slightly more professional than that above, perhaps you should take a chance and submit it for one of these listings.

    The auction of the job application comes after a rare Apple Lisa 1 computer, first released in 1983, sold for R665 000 last month via eBay:

    The Apple Lisa 1 was the first commercial computer with a graphical user interface and mouse, but flopped commercially, selling only 100,000 units.

    There’s no word on whether Jobs landed the job, but a year later he was able to put his skills to the test and secured a job as a technician at Atari.

    However, he relied heavily on the help of Steve Wozniak to get him through before, in 1976, the two set out on their own and founded Apple, introducing the personal computer to the masses.

    The rest, as they say, is history.

    [source:businesstech]

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