Steve Wozniak's Timeline

TIME LINE * Born on February 24th, 1955 in San Francisco, California * Adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs to live in Santa Clara, California * Graduated high school in 1972 * Enrolled in Reed College in Oregon * Dropped out after one semester * Returned to California in 1974 and was hired as a technician for Atari * Jobs met Steve Wozniak shortly after they both left school while working for Hewlett-Packard * Wozniak was an incredibly talented engineer, especially in electronic gadgets * While developing a “blue box” device, Jobs convinced Wozniak to sell it to Berkeley students. * Attended meetings at Wozniak’s “Homebrew Computer Club” * Steve convinced Wozniak to work with him in building computers
APPLE
* Born on April 1st, 1976 * Apple I designed and prototype built. * First single board computer with built-in video interface. * Jobs and Wozniak sold the Apple I in 1976 for $666, making over $776,000 from sales. * Apple II designed in the following year. * Retired Intel executive Mike Markkula
Wozniak said it would take months, but Jobs stared at him and insisted he could do it in four days. Wozniak knew that was impossible, but he ended up doing it.
TOLERATE ONLY “A” PLAYERS * Jobs was famously impatient, petulant, and tough with the people around him. But his treatment of people, though not laudable, emanated from his passion for perfection and his desire to work with only the best. * It’s important to appreciate that Jobs’s rudeness and roughness were accompanied by an ability to be inspirational. He infused Apple employees with an abiding passion to create groundbreaking products and a belief that they could accomplish what seemed impossible
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