The author is right that Jobs wouldn't get hired, but he also misses a larger point. No company, including Apple, would hire someone like Steve Jobs - nor shoul

The author is right that Jobs wouldn't get hired, but he also misses a larger point. No company, including Apple, would hire someone like Steve Jobs - nor should they. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Richard Branson--these aren't employees, they're founders. Founders take risks, look for big opportunities, work insane hours, and lead to places others might never go. Employees, even executives, need to make the vision happen. You want people to be empowered to look for opportunities and take risks within the boundaries set for them, but if you have a company filled with Steve Jobses, they're going to either sink the ship going off in different directions, or leave and start their own companies. Hiring a Steve Jobs as your CEO after he or she has already proven themselves is one thing - hiring a Steve Jobs at age 22 to work on your business is entirely another.