The popular Men’s magazine, Playboy has re-released Steve Jobs’ interview he gave back in February 1985. Later the interview, after about one month, Jobs was going to turn 30. He was fired by then Apple’s CEO John Sculley, over some conflicting ideas.
Steve Jobs formed Apple in 1976 in Silicon Valley, accompanied by Stephen Wozniak, who worked as an Engineer at Hewlett-Packard.
Steve Jobs topped Forbes list of youngest Americans and only one of seven who made fortunes on their own.
Below are some notable highlights from the interview:
On being a terror in third grade
Playboy: The valley your parents moved to has since come to be known as Silicon Valley. What was it like growing up there?
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Jobs: It was the suburbs. It was like most suburbs in the U.S.: I grew up on a block with lots of kids. My mother taught me to read before I went to school, so I was pretty bored in school, and I turned into a little terror. You should have seen us in third grade. We basically destroyed our teacher. We would let snakes loose in the classroom and explode bombs. Things changed in the fourth grade, though. One of the saints in my life is this woman named Imogene Hill, who was a fourth-grade teacher who taught this advanced class. She got hip to my whole situation in about a month and kindled a passion in me for learning things. I learned more that year than I think I learned in any year in school. They wanted to put me in high school after that year, but my parents very wisely wouldn’t let them.
On turning 30
Playboy: Do you know what you want to do with the rest of this lifetime?
Jobs: There’s an old Hindu saying that comes into my mind occasionally: “For the first 30 years of your life, you make your habits. For the last 30 years of your life, your habits make you.” As I’m going to be 30 in February, the thought has crossed my mind.
The interview is very interesting and motivational for young entrepreneurs out there.
You can read the whole interview on Playboy’s official site.
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I missed out the interview. So, thanks for sharing the overview. Wish I could watch the entire interview.