Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Just watched the movie "Jobs"


I recently watched the film Jobs, it is based on the life of Steve Jobs. The focus was on the events Jobs went through and how he came to be famous. The actual work Steve Jobs completed wasn't really shown, just assumed. In fact, the film did not show much of how hard Jobs worked, the character portrayed, even quoted by one of his businessmen, was that he was a child in a candy shop who dreams quite wildly. Steve Jobs, as shown in the movie, was a man who did not take the time to know what others wanted, extremely demanding in everything he wanted and could not take no for an answer, and overall unfriendly towards people.

Now, with that being said, the same parts of the film that I did not like, are the same reasons why I enjoyed the film. Job's personality was not what I expected but it was the reality that made it all clear to me. No one is perfect, decisions need to be made, and when it comes to business you simply cannot please everyone and have to make sacrifices. It is just how the world works especially in business. I once heard that "The people want justice but the people in business want only profit". In the beginning of the film, Jobs is cool and calm, enjoying time in India, he is a hippy. The personality dramatically changes after he comes up with the idea of Apple. It is kind of funny because the dynamics of the first Apple was not even designed by Jobs. Jobs wanted to make money, he is more interested in what the people want and has others do the work of creating what needs to be done. I'm sure Steve Jobs has more knowledge than most people on computer hardware and software but from what was displayed in the film, he was more of the leader who told people what to do so that he could rise above.

Jobs had tons of money and nice cars. But he was not at peace. The man was so caught up in Apple that he made it his entire life, it was only until he was replaced from the CEO position that he finally met his own daughter he refused to see, and to finally come back to the realities of his life. For a while I strongly disliked the portrayal of Steve Jobs because he was so caught up and that the money he was making didn't even mean anything.We are only human and when something comes along that we really want and have a passion for, we may go crazy. Jobs was a happy man who got a little crazy but eventually found his ground.


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