I feel this quote is unfair taken out of context of the rest of the book. iWoz was an interesting read. What surprised me about it is I came away feeling like Woz feels like a victim in many ways and he's got a skewed outlook on the world. When you feel that perspective from the book, this quote takes on a different meaning. At least it did to me. It feels more arrogant and self serving. I got the feeling that Woz thinks the world in general doesn't appreciate him, and so he used this book (and this quote) to try and force the idea that he is a true genius. Which is sad, because, well, he is a true genius.
For what it's worth I'm finding it hard to put my reaction to iWoz in words. I recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it. I'm pretty sure you will also come away with an interesting new perspective on the person that Steve is.
I didn't get the feeling that Woz felt he was a victim in iWoz. I get the feeling that Woz is keenly aware of being different, and that feeling pervades everything, from his early life to his Homebrew experience to the founding of Apple to his 3 divorces to his life since Apple. But then, as someone who's felt different most of my life and keenly wishes it were not so, I can empathize with that. It's nice to have some role models out there who feel that they've never quite meshed with everyone else and yet have managed to make the most of it.
For what it's worth I'm finding it hard to put my reaction to iWoz in words.
Try looking for specific moments in the book that embody what you feel, and examine at how those specific moments—they'll usually be sentences—are constructed and what they're trying to express. This won't automatically solve the problem of putting your reaction into words, but it should help.
(. . . says the English grad student who has heard similar comments from many, many students.)
Woz made himself a victim in many ways. I think particularly of the anecdote in _iWoz_ about Woz and the hedge fund guy - there was no reason Woz gave him millions in shares or whatever, there was no contract, and Woz clearly knew all this, but he did it anyway just to preserve his self-image as a naive innocent tech wunderkind.
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I feel this quote is unfair taken out of context of the rest of the book. iWoz was an interesting read. What surprised me about it is I came away feeling like Woz feels like a victim in many ways and he's got a skewed outlook on the world. When you feel that perspective from the book, this quote takes on a different meaning. At least it did to me. It feels more arrogant and self serving. I got the feeling that Woz thinks the world in general doesn't appreciate him, and so he used this book (and this quote) to try and force the idea that he is a true genius. Which is sad, because, well, he is a true genius.
For what it's worth I'm finding it hard to put my reaction to iWoz in words. I recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it. I'm pretty sure you will also come away with an interesting new perspective on the person that Steve is.
I didn't get the feeling that Woz felt he was a victim in iWoz. I get the feeling that Woz is keenly aware of being different, and that feeling pervades everything, from his early life to his Homebrew experience to the founding of Apple to his 3 divorces to his life since Apple. But then, as someone who's felt different most of my life and keenly wishes it were not so, I can empathize with that. It's nice to have some role models out there who feel that they've never quite meshed with everyone else and yet have managed to make the most of it.
For what it's worth I'm finding it hard to put my reaction to iWoz in words.
Try looking for specific moments in the book that embody what you feel, and examine at how those specific moments—they'll usually be sentences—are constructed and what they're trying to express. This won't automatically solve the problem of putting your reaction into words, but it should help.
(. . . says the English grad student who has heard similar comments from many, many students.)
If you've read the iWoz, you will see Steve Jobs was jerk from the beginning.
I was convinced already after reading Founders at Work and how Jobs screwed him out of money right from the start.
Woz made himself a victim in many ways. I think particularly of the anecdote in _iWoz_ about Woz and the hedge fund guy - there was no reason Woz gave him millions in shares or whatever, there was no contract, and Woz clearly knew all this, but he did it anyway just to preserve his self-image as a naive innocent tech wunderkind.