Steve Jobs' design lesson

Story of Steve Job' first piece of advice from his father.

Having already marked off a section of his garage work bench for Steve - saying Steve, this is your workbench now, Paul Jobs began impressing upon his son the importance of high quality design and craftsmanship.

He began building a fence for the familys back garden in Mountain View and gave Steve a hammer to help out too, paying attention to the back of the fence as well as the visible front. The fence still stands 50 years later, because Paul focused upon the quality of his work. Steve said: I thought my dads sense of design was pretty good He loved doing things right. He even cared about the look of the parts you couldnt see.

This attitude clearly impacted upon Steves career and his incredible attention to detail at Apple. It is no coincidence that the inside of the iPhone look as good as the outside.

While I would beg to differ with many of Steves working methods - favouring more delegation over his dictatorial style everyone has to find the method that fits them best, and it certainly worked for him.