Steve Jobs's Error-filled Job Application is Expected to Sell for $50,000
A job application which shows an 18-year-old Steve Jobs seeking employment as an “electronics tech or design engineer” is expected to sell for more than $50,000 (approx. 3 Million) . The 1973 application of one page is handwritten and riddled with grammatical errors. It will be sold at Boston, Massachusetts-based auction house RR Auction. The application provides an early glimpse of Jobs’ ambition to work in the emerging tech industry. The application includes his name, “Steven jobs”; address, “reed college”; phone, “none”; and major, “English lit.” In the middle section, Jobs writes “yes” in response to “Driver’s License?” and “possible, but not probable,” in reply to “Access to transportation?” With regard to his skills, next to “Computer” and “Calculator”, he writes, “yes (design, tech).” At the bottom, he describes his “Special Abilities” as “electronics tech or design engineer. digital.—from Bay near Hewitt-Packard [sic]”. The application is part of a pop cultu...