When you hear the name Steve Jobs, you might think about computers or that he was a wealthy businessman.  But your first thought is probably Apple, the computer company that he started from nothing and grew into one of the most successful business of all time.  Steve Jobs did not get there overnight.  It took a lot of hard work to turn his childhood love of technology into all the Apple products that we know today, like the Macintosh, the I-phone, the I-pod and the I-pad.      

Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California, under the name Steven Paul Jandali.  His biological parents are John and Joanne Jandali, but when he was four months old, he was adopted by Claire and Paul Jobs, and they changed his last name.  Claire taught him how to read when he was just two and a half years old, and by kindergarten, he read at a second grade level.  However with everything going on in his mind, Steve turned into a menace, pranking teachers, misbehaving, and even breaking things (including his teacher's spirits).  Then in the fourth grade, his teacher bribed him into doing well by promising him candy.  After that, his grades skyrocketed, and he skipped fifth grade.  However, things then got bad for Steve really fast.  Kids started bullying him because he was younger than everybody else, and he even wanted to quit school.  It was around then that Steve got his love for technology.  By the time he turned twelve, his garage was a technology haven.

            In 1972, Steve Jobs went to Reed College in Portland, Oregon.  Reed College was a private college and more expensive that other colleges closer to his home, so it was hard for his parents to afford.  However, after six months at college, Steve decided to drop out.  In an interview years later he, said “I couldn’t see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no how college would help me figure it out.  But here I was, spending all of the money my parents saved for years.  So I decided I should drop out and trust that it would all work out okay.”   Although Steve dropped out, he decided to stay in Portland near Reed College.  At first he was scared about making it in the outside world, so he still attended some classes that interested him to learn a bit more.  He also got a job at local grocery store, so he could afford to rent a house near Reed’s campus.

             While Steve was living Portland, Oregon, he and his friend Dan Kottke often talked about traveling to India, which was not an uncommon thing to do the time.  Hippies from all around would go to India in order to find “inner peace.”  However, Steve barely had enough money to even buy food, and he decided that taking a trip to India would have to wait.   After about two years of living in Portland, Steve decided to go home and live with his parents again in Los Altos.  He also decided that he needed to find a better paying job. When Steve returned to Los Altos he applied for a job at Atari, which was a new video game company at the time.  Steve was offered a job at his first interview, which he accepted. Al Alcorn, the man who hired Steve Jobs called him a “hippie whiz kid”. The job at Atari started Steve's career

             In 1976, Steve left Atari to start his own computer business with his long-time friend Steve Wozniack.  Before settling on the name "Apple," Steve Wozniack suggested more technological names such as matrix and executek but Steve said ”if we can’t think of anything else, we'll stick with apple." Jobs came up with the name apple because he worked at an apple orchard, and because apples were his favorite fruit.  But starting a new computer company was really hard   One major problem that Wozniack and Jobs had is that they realized they didn't know anything  about business contracts, all they knew was that they needed money to get started.   To help get the business started, Jobs sold his van for $1,500, but the van was returned after it broke down.  Also once a week Woz would show up with code for the next Apple setup. Steve Jobs didn't get his hands dirty in that sense." Kottke also stated, "Mainly he was on the phone looking for investors".  

            One of their first successful products was the Apple 1 computer, which was one of the first computers that people could use at work and home.  The question was would anyone want to buy one. As it turned out, many people wanted to buy these early computers and the Apple grew quickly.  After another few years, Apple cracked the Fortune 500 and Jobs recruited John Sculley, the head of Pepsi-Cola, to be its new chief executive.  Steve was only 30 years old, wildly successful, fabulously wealthy and a global celebrity. And then it all came crashing down. He got fired from his own business in 1985. 

But just two years later, he returned to Apple with the Macintosh computer, which debuted in the year 1987.   He was famous.  He was also well known as being a perfectionist and sometimes he was hard on his employees because he always pushed them to do their best. Steve Jobs was also well known for coming up with products that people did not know that needed but after a short time they could not live without.  Through the 1990s and 2000s Apple released products like the I-pod and the mighty iPhone.  These products were unlike anything else and became wildly popular.  However, on October 25^th 2011 Steve Jobs died of cancer. On his grave Wozniack bit into the side of an apple and placed it on his grave saying… here lies a man who changed the world                               

                                                                  Utopian society

My Utopian society is Mordor ( not the lord of the rings one.) It is an island in the Caribbean with large gates to make sure the rest of the world doesn't come and ruin it with pollution. The current population is 4000, and littering is outlawed. Robotics are a large part of the island with teams making drones, planes, and auto-pilot cars. The laws of physics are less than on this island. the humanly-altered gravity allows people to fly, which is the main way to get around. cars and such are still around however but they run on oxygen power. CO2 is harmful and there isn't always sun for solar energy so oxygen is the next best thing. The government is a hierarchy due to a low population but with more people expected to move on the island, that could change. Crime is still around however, but prisons have higher security. Same sex marriage is allowed here.  School is like it is everywhere else. The economy is a mix of capitalism and communism because   more than so-so with low un-employment rates and people are paid different in a more than so-so economy with low un-employment rates and lowest yearly salary is $50,000. The children maximum is... any, you can have as many kids as you want.

This includes the tour and I hope you will live here someday.

                                                                        Avionics mechanic and technician

Airplanes are highly complex machines that require reliable parts and service to fly safely. they are kept safe by avionic technicians and mechanics. They must follow detailed federal regulations set by the FAA that dictate maintenance schedules

for all kinds of different operations. Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and technicians often must meet strict deadlines to maintain flight schedules. Workers frequently bend, stoop, and reach from ladders and scaffolds. However weekend work is not a rare thing. Annual wage for aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and technicians was $56,980 in May 2014 ; which is enough to survive in the world.  Employment is projected to show little or no change from 2014 to 2024. Air traffic is expected to increase gradually over the coming decade. new aircraft, however , generally are expected to require less maintenance than older aircraft. Airlines may continue to outsource maintenance work to specialized maintenance and repair shops both domestically and abroad. Increased specialization will allow maintenance facilities to use their resources more efficiently and therefore limit growth in the number of aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and technicians.