03 一次奇妙的经历

So I became very err. . . captivated by computer.

And a computer to me was still a little mysterious 'cause it's at the other end of wire, I had never really seen the actual computer itself.

I think I got towards computers after that, saw the inside, and then I was part of this school by Hewlett-Packard.

En, I. . . When I was 12, I called up Bill Hewlett who lived in Hewlett-Packard at the time.

And again it dazed me. . .

But there was no such thing as unlisted telephone number then, so I can just look into the book and look his name up.

And he answered the phone, and I said, "Hi, My name is Steve Jobs. You don't know me, but I'm 12 years old, and I'm building a frequency counter, and I'd like some spare parts".

And so he talked to me for about 20 minutes, I will never forget as long as I live, he gave me the parts, but he also gave me a job working in Hewlett-Packard that summer.

And I was 12 years old, and that really made a remarkable influence on me.

Eh, I. . . Hewlett-Packard was really the only company I'd ever seen in my life at that age.