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I don't know if this is supposed to be some tongue in cheek demo of Apple iTools, but I get the feeling after reading that résumé, that if Jobs had to start from nothing again, he could.

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I've no doubt about it. He's done it several times, now. Actually, if anything, I think his success would hamper him. When he left Apple his name was tarnished and he had to prove himself again. I think his success with Apple the second time around would hamper him, as he would come onto a team with people instantly expecting he would transform the company. I don't know how many people push back against him at Apple, but I can all but guarantee nobody would at a new company.

The point, sadly, seems to be moot.

This was mostly a slightly tongue-in-cheek demo of iTools. His movie page had kid actors on holiday and his steve@mac.com address isn't his real one.

However I have no doubt that he was involved in the content of all.

I used this .Mac template for the CV that got me my first startup job.

Success is a habit. I bet that most successful individuals who started from scratch, if sent in a foreign country with no connections or resources at all, would recreate their level of success given enough time.

What do you base that theory on? How can I trust you that "success is a habit"?

It is certainly interesting if it has merit, though.

I actually know someone from Somalia who got successful there, got screwed and left to Holland. Got successful there again, and again got screwed and left to Romania. He has a successful business here, and he probably won't get screwed again :P After the first "failure", his connections helped him rise again.

Can you say that "getting screwed" is a habit too then?

Well, except for the fact that there's no way in hell he could buy health insurance, but in business terms, he certainly could.

Does he need insurance if he can pay for the doctors himself?

It wouldn't be starting from "nothing" if he got to keep his zillions of dollars.

Ah, that's right.

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