Childhood - Steve Jobs Biography
Steven Jobs was born February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California, and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. He grew up with one sister, Patty. Paul Jobs was a machinist and fixed cars as a hobby.Jobs remembers his father as being very skilled at working with his hands.
Steven Jobs spent his childhood in Silicon Valley. He was the type of child who liked to stick to himself. He only did competitive swimming, and no team sports. He was interested in electronics and gadgets, because he would spend a lot of time in his neighbor's garage, who worked at Hewlett-Packard Company, (a computer company). He attended Crittenden Middle School, but the area that the school is in is a poor area where kids were bullied. Steve was bullied at that school. It must have been too much for him because one day, he came home and told his adoptive parents that he wanted to transfer schools or he would never attend school again. He was 11 when he said this. The parents agreed and the family moved to another city, which was Los Altos, where he was able to attend Cupertino Junior High.
At the age of 11, Steve joined Crittenden Middle School as a young kid where he was bullied and one day, he came home and asked his parents to get him into another school or he would never to go one again. His parents moved to Los Altos where he was admitted into Cupertino Junior High.
After moving to Los Altos Steve became part of the Hackett-Packard Explorer Club where he came across his first computer. Once Steve was immersed into the tech world he started building cool machines and contraptions.
One of steves first creations were a frequency counter, but did not have the right parts. Instead of wishing away his time, he figured out a way to make it happen. Steve called up many companies and not only did he get the parts he needed he got a job at HP helping on the assembly line. Once completing Junior High he joined Hampstead High School where he got a chance to attend some lectures at the office of Hewlett Packard.
Steve Jobs attended Reed College for two years (1972-1974) before dropping out. He decided that he did not want to waste his parent's money anymore and he stayed in the dorms of many of his friends and classmates. He continued to attend a bunch of his classes by auditing them. Until he decided to pursue his career in tech development.
Jobs worked as a video game designer at Atari and later went to India to experience Buddhism.