Steve Jobs' Handwritten Job Application From 1973 Auctioned For Rs 1.6 Crore
Looking at the timeline of the application, the application is roughly a year before Steve Jobs started working at the game company Atari, in 1974.
A job application handwritten by the legendary mind behind Apple, Steve Jobs, was sold at an auction for GBP 162,000 (which is approximately Rs 1.6 crores) in an auction conducted by Charterfields in the United Kingdom. The bidding for the application commenced on February 24th and concluded on March 24th.
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We¡¯ve seen several memorabilia involving Steve Jobs being auctioned, however, this job application surely is special.
Charterfield, in its description, has stated a few interesting facts surrounding the job application. For starters, the single-page hand-written application is one of the first job applications filed by Apple¡¯s co-founder after he decided to drop out of Reed College in Portland, Oregon in the United States Of America.
Looking at the timeline of the application, the application is roughly a year before Steve Jobs started working at the game company Atari, in 1974. This is also the place where Steve met Apple¡¯s other co-founder, Steve Wozniak. Together, they would go on to form a computer company in Job¡¯s garage at home, that would truly revolutionize the world of computing for everyone on this planet, in 1976.
In the application Jobs has highlighted his experience with ¡®computers and calculators¡¯ with special abilities in ¡®electronic tech or design engineer - digital¡¯.
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The application also sheds light on a few other tit-bits like when the application asks if he had a phone, Steve Jobs' response to it was no. When the application asked him if he had a driver¡¯s license, his response was ¡®yes¡¯ and under access to transportation, he responded stating, ¡®possible but not probable'.
Surprisingly, this is not the first time this job application has been on auction. It was recently the property of one tech entrepreneur who owned it in 2018.
According to Charterfields, the application was in a rather good condition with some creasing, light staining and old clear tape on the top edge. The letter also came along with certificates of authenticity.
