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How Steve Jobs Started

Featuring the greatest man that ever walked on Earth

Derick David
5 min readOct 7, 2021
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1955 — Born

Steven Paul Jobs was born February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California, to Syrian and Swiss-German parents.

Was given for adoption with conditions

Steve’s biological parents ensured that the adopters would be Catholic, well-educated, and wealthy.

Starts in a new family

Paul and Clara Jobs became Steve’s new parents.

1965 — Learns electronic tinkering

Steve develops a passion for electronics from his father’s garage.

Learns to read before school

Steve demonstrates the ability to excel and learn fast

Attends Homestead High School,

Which had strong ties to Silicon Valley. He began his first year there in late 1968 along with Bill Fernandez, which would be introduced by Jobs to Steve Wozniak, and would later be Apple’s first employee

Make money with Woz’s illegal blue box for free long-distance calls

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Derick David
Derick David

Written by Derick David

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