Bill Gates and the late Steve Jobs are the supermen of computer technology. Gates and Jobs, heard it a thousand times. Their contributions have changed humanity and the world forever. Sometimes, it’s kind of hard to picture them as human. I didn’t, until I watched an episode of 60 Minutes Overtime.
There, I saw testimony of how these two rivals were really close.??They’ve always had?tremendous respect for each other.?According to Gates, they grew up in the same time and had child like ambitions to build major corporations. But when Gates reminisces on his visit?to?a dying Jobs, that’s when?it got really deep. Gates even?got emotional when he told the tale.?The?Microsoft founder mentioned Jobs looking forward to?this new?boat, even though he realized?he won’t be around to?use it.
Dare I say, this put these two?men in a different?light.?I can far better relate to this?Bill Gates than the one whose?worth is $66+ billion dollars. And this Jobs?is more human than the one I read about in his biography. ?There’s a lesson to be learned here. Yes, Jobs and Gates have been very successful. But let’s not put them on a God like pedestal. Let me take it closer to?home: Is there anybody, whether famous?or personal, who you’re putting on an?imaginary pedestal?