Since I live in the tech world, I couldn’t not say something about Steve Jobs and his recent passing.  I won’t go into his brilliance or passion, since I’m sure millions are already tweeting/posting such things and his multi-billion status is concrete evidence of his success.  What I will state, is that it was really depressing to hear the news.  Now I’m not an Apple fan-boy, but I’m part of the generation that will never know life without computers.  To give a hint as to my age, I remember being 5 years old and my dad bringing home an IBM PC Jr.  The thing didn’t do anything except show a picture of the key that I just pushed – it was awesome.

Growing up in my house, I often heard the names Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, and yes, Steve Jobs.  These are the guys I looked up to and were, and are, some of my heroes (as a teenager, having Gates as a hero guaranteed not getting a girlfriend in high school, but I didn’t care).  To have “heard” the news (it was actually on Twitter) that Steve Passed brought home the reality that my generation is getting older and some of the original builders of our IT society are no longer around.  So at this point I guess the IT torches of yesterday have been officially passed on to the Zuckerberg’s and Dorsey’s of today.  I just hope they can push the innovation envelope like Jobs did so well and for so many years, because honestly, if “poke” is the best thing Zuckerberg can come up with, then I really am not looking forward to the next era of IT.

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Started working in IT in 1999 as a support desk analyst as a way to help pay for food during college. Studied Electrical Engineering for two years before realizing biochemistry was more fun than differential equations, and so ultimately graduated with a Biology degree in 2006. Having (reluctantly) failed at getting accepted into dental school, embraced working in IT and has gone broke becoming an ITIL Expert. Likes to jog, sing camp songs, quote Mel Brooks movie lines and make dumb jokes and loves working for an Israeli tech company where December 25th is a regular work day.