Steve Jobs, who influenced a generation, is often listed as one of the worst bosses in the business. He is a role model of young entrepreneurs for surviving in a wild world of traditional thinking business men. But at office, I can’t seem to like Steve Jobs equally.

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Yes, he is aggressive, single-minded and offending. He doesn’t want any other voices in the room than his. That’s the only reason employee ideas always fail at Apple. And I have at least 5 reasons to talk about this:

  • Steve Jobs’ ego should be fed. That means some adulatory… This kind of lifestyle is usually disturbing in IT business.
  • If I did come with the idea of iPhone, Apple would never release a mobile phone! There’s no respect for your ideas and projects, although top companies in tech are dying to find an idea to invest. In contrast, Apple fires/blames you for spending time on thinking differently.
  • Steve Jobs sometimes can’t decide who’s right and who’s wrong. If you watched the movie called Pirates of Silicon Valley, you’ll get it right. He’s so lost in thinking. He’s too philosophic for a business man. The movie also mentions he even denied his own daughter for no reason.
  • Steve thinks he found the God, the nirvana or whatever… Cult of the Apple and fanboys/fangirls booms this effect.
  • Reality distortion field… We always hated it. The charm and charisma of Steve Jobs is irresistible. He can easily sell you the free air you breathe. He can always find a reason to prove he’s right.

I’m neither telling Steve is a jackass nor he is perfect, but Apple today stands strong because he is managing it. His domain is totally different from many others.

This post may sound gay to some of us but I’m about to post a bunch of old Steve Jobs photos from the Apple archives. Usually most people I know is looking for some, that’s why I decided to post a collection. Note that some pictures are from early 90s.

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Steve Jobs is not your regular Valley-type nerd guy, bi*ches.

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Additionally sorry for not posting a little from Wozniak, Jobs seems to take every photographers attention on himself even in the 80s. Remember if you can’t feed Steve’s ego, one day he’ll find you and the rest is not a peaceful story. He should better fight for a Hollywood job, don’t you think so?

Erection of Steve JobsAs expected, after MacWorld 2008 there is a hype on blogs and media about the MacBook Air. For instance, some of the heroes went a little far away to prove that it’s even possible to change the non-replaceable MacBook Air batteries on a plane! Are you kidding? This parody is just ridiculous and heart-breaking because it only makes people feel what Apple producing is fake and weak and only forced marketing can save this company.

I don’t even know why the expectations about Apple have always been quite big. Every year, earth wants us to change the world. How is this possible, our company is made of humans and Steve Jobs is not Jesus (this time, I’m not kidding). Just think about our competitors, we’re usually developing what they brought in 5-10 years in a single year. Although our development and innovation hits the top, fans’ unnecessary stuff makes all the hard work senseless and just turns everything into a parody.

Hello world, we’ll play the new Britney Spears after she passes away! Stay tuned…

Please next time you’re writing Apple, just think about it, and you don’t even need to think different anymore.

Edit: Just look at MacBook Air Ad, those guys are trying to make a fortune out of it. Totally senseless.