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How to Get the Coolest Tech Job Ever
November 20, 2011 /
When Steve Jobs returned to California in 1974 after dropping out of college, he found his first job through a newspaper ad that said, "Have fun, make money."
The employer was video game pioneer Atari. Jobs showed up in the company’s lobby wearing sandals and said he wouldn’t leave until he got hired. His long hair and sloppy appearance forced Atari’s chief engineer to choose between letting the "hippie kid" in the office, or calling the cops, Walter Isaacson recounts in his new biography of Jobs.
Jobs was invited in and hired as a technician. He was paid $5 an hour.
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