Steve Jobs: The Journey To Success

“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith (Steve).” In other words, don’t give up your hope or goals because sometimes you will be successful due to luck. Founder of the prominent Apple Inc, Steve Jobs has led the company to success. Together with Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, they created the original, Apple Computer Inc. They contributed technological advances over the years which made devices affordable and convenient to everyone. Now, all Apple products proliferate around the world and is commonly used everywhere. Although Jobs has been through many rough times during his journey to success, his interest in technology, good decisions, innovative ideas, and persistence allowed Apple and himself to prosper.

Steven Paul Jobs was born in San Francisco, California 1955 (A E Networks). His biological parents were Joanne Schieble and Abdulfattah Jandali, however Jobs was put up for adoption and as a result; Paul and Clara Jobs picked him up and raised him (A E Networks). Jobs already has a rough start on his life. He was “smart, but directionless,” but that did not stop him from finding success in his adulthood (A E Networks).

Steve Jobs’ interest in technology sprouted from his childhood hometown, Santa Clara County, otherwise known as Silicon Valley (Moisescot). The County is well known for their semi conductor companies that were filled with engineers working on electronics (Moisescot). This environment set a foundation to Jobs’ path to success. During high school, Jobs attended an electronic class in which he received help from HP’s co founder, Bill Hewlett, to get electronic parts and to get help on his homework (Moisescot). Eventually, due to his interest in this tech class, he worked at the HP fac...

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...n the technological world. Furthermore contributing to this world, he realized that a touch screen can be applied to a phone, thus the iPhone was born (Moisescot). Again, it turned out to be a great seller and changed how people used their phones. Steve Jobs’ was extremely successful because he changed how people viewed technology. Furthermore, he brought success and fame to Apple which before was withering.

Jobs life was like a rollercoaster; He had a slow start, but then found success. He dropped back down due to the hardships and conflicts at Apple then became widely successful on the new products. Even though he was kicked to the ground several times, in the end he always rose up in success. Jobs’ interest in technology, good decisions, innovative ideas, and persistence helped him get out of the hard times in his life, but eventually he found success in the end.