The name of Steve Jobs is associated with the founding of the well-known Pixar film studio and Apple corporation. However, the list of Jobs's merits is not limited to this. This man made a huge contribution to the development of world it-technologies, and he began to show ingenious abilities in early childhood.
Childhood and adolescence of Steve Jobs
Immediately from the moment of birth, fate has prepared many tests for Steve Jobs. The boy was adopted by adoptive parents - Clara and Paul Jobs. Steve's real parents were unmarried students. Throughout his life, close relatives were not even interested in each other's life, although Jobs knew from the very beginning that the couple who raised him were not his biological parents. Clara and Paul couldn't have children of their own. In addition to Steve, they adopted another baby - the girl Patty.
Paul Jobs worked as an auto mechanic and from early childhood tried to introduce his son to the auto world. However, Steve was not at all interested in this field of activity. Most of all he was attracted by the possibilities of electronics. Paul supported the boy's hobby, and together they began to make receivers, televisions and tape recorders.
School subjects also didn't interest Steve. However, learning was given to him so easily that the boy managed to transfer immediately from the fourth grade to the seventh. While in high school, Jobs met an engineer at a large company, which was a defining event in his life. All thoughts of the boy were finally devoted to the world of electronics.
First inventions
Jobs's best friend was Steve Wozniak, who became famous for his unusual inventions during his school years. Their first joint work was a device for hacking telephone lines, which allowed them to make free calls anywhere in the world. It was this device that brought considerable income to friends in the early years.
After high school, Jobs entered Reed College, but studied there for only half a year. Calligraphy became Steve's new hobby. At that time, he did not have a permanent income, so he had to get a job at a company that was developing video games. The young man's abilities were appreciated, and his career began to grow at a rapid pace.
The next brilliant invention of Wozniak and Jobs was new improved motherboards for personal computers. In 1976, friends founded their own company, which was named Apple. Later, a small company was able to make a real computer revolution and became a corporation.
Worldwide success
Steve Jobs's inventions were instantly popular. It was thanks to him that the first computers appeared that resembled modern laptops. All Apple technology is the result of the labors of Jobs and his team.
In addition, Pixar's first animated short films are also the work of an ingenious developer. For their installation, he invented graphics technologies that were completely new for that time.
In 2001, the first devices appeared, which were named iPod and iPhone. The idea of their development also belongs to Steve Jobs. It should be noted that almost all new items in the world of phones and computers appeared precisely thanks to the Apple corporation. Steve Jobs' ideas not only brought him worldwide popularity, but also made him a millionaire.
