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> Steve Jobs was, amongst many other things, the biological son of an unmarried Syrian immigrant who was in the United States on a student visa, and he grew up
by fortran77 1mo ago
> Steve Jobs was, amongst many other things, the biological son of an unmarried Syrian immigrant who was in the United States on a student visa, and he grew up to be a person who had a really good sense of when to say “fuck you" to the man.
What an odd statement. Steve Jobs didn't know his biological parents until he was well into adulthood. And if you're going to bring up his biological father, who he wanted little to do with, why ignore his biological mother, Joanne Carole Schieble?
According to the NY Times, "Steve Jobs developed a relationship with his biological mother, Joanne Schieble [Simpson], while firmly declining a relationship with his biological father, Abdulfattah “John” Jandali."
https://archive.nytimes.com/bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/25/more-back-story-on-steve-jobss-biological-father/ https://archive.nytimes.com/bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/2...
- jeromegv 1mo agoRegardless, he wouldn't be in America without immigration. That's the point.
- fortran77 1mo agoNeither would I. What’s your point?
- syspec 1mo agoAgreed, there's zero connection to his biological fathers story and how he grew up. The student visa thing is even more bizzare, it's just a bunch of incongruent sentences
- fortran77 1mo agoAnd Andy Grove was himself an immigrant, as is Jensen Huang of NVidia. Bezos’ father was born in Cuba. I’d bet he’d never point this out.
- gwbas1c 1mo agoBut, don't forget that Jobs frequented his biological father's restaurant and tipped well. His biological father knew Steve as a customer and didn't learn the truth until after Steve's death.
- fortran77 1mo agoThat story is not quite true: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/steve-jobs-and-biological-father-unknowingly-met-biographer-says/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/steve-jobs-and-biological-fathe...