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Steve Jobs' old resume from his mac.com page

127 points| nikcub | 15 years ago |replay.waybackmachine.org | reply

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[+] yoda_sl|15 years ago|reply
Folks it was just a marketing page just to show what you could publish with the web app HomePage which was part of the iTools suite. Don't take it seriously ! I know a few folks that used to work in iTools and .Mac and it was well known that Steve's web pages where just for demo purpose.
[+] benatkin|15 years ago|reply
Got a reference? I think it could have been made by a fan. It doesn't have any information that isn't available publicly. With the same phone number appearing in four places, it doesn't seem particularly like Jobs.
[+] alexobenauer|15 years ago|reply
On the first Apple employment: "Learned many things, including do's and don'ts for building executive teams."

Snide remark of the year?

[+] edo|15 years ago|reply
Wish he wrote those do's and don'ts down.
[+] jamesrom|15 years ago|reply
I don't know if this is supposed to be some tongue in cheek demo of Apple iTools, but I get the feeling after reading that résumé, that if Jobs had to start from nothing again, he could.
[+] redthrowaway|15 years ago|reply
I've no doubt about it. He's done it several times, now. Actually, if anything, I think his success would hamper him. When he left Apple his name was tarnished and he had to prove himself again. I think his success with Apple the second time around would hamper him, as he would come onto a team with people instantly expecting he would transform the company. I don't know how many people push back against him at Apple, but I can all but guarantee nobody would at a new company.

The point, sadly, seems to be moot.

[+] sambeau|15 years ago|reply
This was mostly a slightly tongue-in-cheek demo of iTools. His movie page had kid actors on holiday and his [email protected] address isn't his real one.

However I have no doubt that he was involved in the content of all.

I used this .Mac template for the CV that got me my first startup job.

[+] oscardelben|15 years ago|reply
Success is a habit. I bet that most successful individuals who started from scratch, if sent in a foreign country with no connections or resources at all, would recreate their level of success given enough time.
[+] davidw|15 years ago|reply
Well, except for the fact that there's no way in hell he could buy health insurance, but in business terms, he certainly could.
[+] Evgeny|15 years ago|reply
"Discovered a little animation company that needed a vision."

That's so amazing - or amusing - I absolutely can not tell if this is humbleness, irony, some bragging disguised as humbleness or something totally else ...

[+] monopede|15 years ago|reply
Actually he bought Pixar to turn it into a hardware company. John Lasseter is probably the bigger reason why it became such a successful animation company. Of course, thanks to Steve the company survived long enough to discover its true purpose and thanks to Steve got such a great deal with Disney for marketing the initial movies.
[+] allenbrunson|15 years ago|reply
This can't be real. What type of employer would say "Oh, Steve Jobs. Yes, I think I may have heard of you, but let's have a look at your resume before we get serious." And would Steve really write that one of his skills was "That 'vision thing?'"
[+] alexobenauer|15 years ago|reply
I think he's being modest for the asset that most clearly has. Being a visionary is his greatest strength, I think he humbles it down by saying it like that.
[+] bluehat|15 years ago|reply
That's a remarkably informal tone of writing for a resume. Is Steve Jobs just casual or have resumes gotten more formal?
[+] elvirs|15 years ago|reply
I have great experience, lots of energy, a bit of that "vision thing"

Yeah, just a bit of vision thing :)

[+] dustingetz|15 years ago|reply
its likely fake. homepage.mac.com was for public content, kinda like geocities.
[+] reason|15 years ago|reply
This résumé looks far better than many I come across today, aesthetically.
[+] razin|15 years ago|reply
Curious as to why he wrote "Left in 1986 to decide which step to take NeXT" under his first stint at Apple. I thought he was fired by John Sculley.
[+] Johngibb|15 years ago|reply
Apologize if you realized this, but I think it's just a pun about his company called 'NeXT'
[+] brudgers|15 years ago|reply
It's not a lie; it's magical.
[+] ammarkalim|15 years ago|reply
"references: available on request"

I wonder who will Steve Jobs ask for references...woz? Bill gates?...oh yes i think it would be Mark Zuckerberg..haha

[+] ammarkalim|15 years ago|reply
guys..seriously is thing real? i always thought it was made by some fan boy
[+] alexobenauer|15 years ago|reply
What's interesting to me is I can't imagine why he would need this unless he was looking to move on to his next thing after apple. This isn't a list of accomplishments - it's a resume, geared to sell someone on why this guy should be hired.